ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,868, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle" was invented by Takehiro Komatsu (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine having a throttle valve, a filter for collecting an exhaust particulate matter from the engine, and a control device are provided, and the control device includes an acquisition unit for acquiring a temperature of the engine, a regeneration control unit for increasing an opening degree of the throttle valve as the temperature increases, and executing a regeneration control of the filter by a fuel cut. A vehicle comprising: a retard amount control unit that incr...