ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,922, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle control device" was invented by Shuhei Noda (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle control ECU functions as a detection unit and an attitude control unit. The detection unit detects an object such as a falling object present in front of a vehicle in which an in-vehicle battery as a particular component is provided at a bottom portion of the vehicle body. The attitude control unit controls the air suspension device capable of adjusting the vehicle height so that the vehicle body is in a forward tilting attitude when an object is de...