US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Nov. 25 for "Vehicle and vehicle control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,503, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle and vehicle control method" was invented by Yuji Watari (Toyota, Japan), Ryo Matsumoto (Toyota, Japan) and Ryo Irie (Okazaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a steering device, a torque sensor, and an electronic control unit. The steering device includes a rack shaft, a steering shaft, and a turning actuator including an electric motor connected to the rack shaft or the steering shaft via a motion conversion mechanism. The torque sensor is configured to detect a steering torque by a driver, the torque sensor being attached to...