ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,212, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle control device, vehicle, vehicle control method, and storage medium" was invented by Takuya Honjo (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle control device decreases the second driving force at a first rate of decrease when limiting the second driving force in a state where the second driving force limiting process is not executed, and decreases the second driving force at a second rate of decrease smaller than the first rate of decrease when the second determination unit determines that the second condition is fulfilled in a state where the second dr...