ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,671, issued on June 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control device for vehicle" was invented by Kazuki Tsurumi (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control device controls a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a filter, an electrically heated catalyst, a first temperature sensor, and a second temperature sensor. An exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine is provided with the electrically heated catalyst, the first temperature sensor, the filter, and the second temperature sensor from an upstream side to a downstream side, and the control device includes an energizati...