US Patent Issued to ADVICS on Aug. 18 for "Control device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,251, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to ADVICS Co. LTD. (Kariya-shi, Japan).

"Control device" was invented by Shunya Watanabe (Kariya, Japan) and Yoshio Masuda (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device is applied to a friction brake device of a vehicle. The friction brake device produces a friction brake force in the vehicle by starting driving of an electric motor. The control device includes a motor control unit configured to control the electric motor. The control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an index value corresponding to a magnitude of a target value of the friction brake force....