ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,881, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Engine abnormality predicting device" was invented by Hisatsugu Miyata (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Based on at least one of an engine speed which is a rotational speed of the engine, an engine load factor which is a load factor of the engine, a vehicle speed of the vehicle, and an on-off state of a brake in the vehicle, a use state of the vehicle is determined, and based on an elapsed time after the engine is stopped, whether or not condensed water is generated in the engine is determined, and an engine abnormality is predicted based on the ...