ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,992, issued on May 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Control device for internal combustion engine" was invented by Hideo Yamashita (Mishima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The internal combustion engine includes a first oil jet that injects oil toward an inflow hole for flowing oil into the cavity, and a second oil jet that injects oil to a back surface so that the oil does not flow into the cavity. The control device of the internal combustion engine determines whether the temperature of the piston is equal to or higher than a specified temperature which is a threshold value for determining whether the...