US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO on Nov. 3 for "Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method, and vehicle control system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,228, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method, and vehicle control system" was invented by Koki Takimoto (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Daisuke Goto (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Electronic Control Unit (ECU) is configured to control electric brake mechanisms configured to provide respective braking forces to respective wheels of a vehicle. When a first braking force provided to a first wheel cannot be controlled due to a failure in a first frictional braking apparatus, the ECU is configured to output a braking instruction for causing a...