ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,685, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Control device for internal combustion engine" was invented by Katsuya Matsuura (Wako, Japan) and Kohtaro Hashimoto (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a control device for a spark ignition internal combustion engine configured to directly inject alcohol-containing fuel into a cylinder, the control device for an internal combustion engine including a controller configured to control injection timing when the fuel is injected into the cylinder from a fuel injection device, an alcohol concentration detecting part configured to detect a content of a...