ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,212, issued on May 6, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Driving force control device" was invented by Kohei Dobashi (Susono, Japan), Yasushi Dohnoue (Seto, Japan) and Satoshi Yamanaka (Gotemba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a driving force control device, a driving force is controlled based on an override driving force characteristic specifying a target acceleration according to a vehicle speed, an accelerator pedal position, and a traveling resistance to a vehicle, a longitudinal acceleration at a fully closed accelerator pedal position is higher in an override driving force characteristic than in a man...