ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,336, issued on April 15, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control device for vehicle" was invented by Koki Ueno (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle includes a power source, a power transmission device that transmits power from the power source to a drive wheel, and an operation device that is operated by a driver to an operation position corresponding to a shift position of the power transmission device. The control device of the vehicle includes a shift control unit that changes an N-position switching time from when the vehicle is operated to the neutral operation position until when the ve...