ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,785, issued on April 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Seiji Masunaga (Toyota, Japan) and Shingo Eto (Gamagori, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus for a vehicle that includes a power transmission apparatus including a frictional engagement element configured to connect and disconnect transmission of a power between a drive power source and drive wheels of the vehicle. The control apparatus is configured to execute a vibration suppression control for estimating torsional vibration of the power transmission apparatus, based on a preformulated vi...