ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,343, issued on April 14, was assigned to Mazda Motor Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Vehicle driving force control device" was invented by Shinji Takayama (Aki-gun, Japan) and Takefumi Takada (Aki-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving force control device for a vehicle is provided, which includes a motor, an engine, and a controller. The controller sets a target torque of the vehicle corresponding to accelerator operation, distributes a target engine torque, based on the target torque, and outputs a control signal corresponding to the target engine torque. The controller estimates a future amount of intake air to a cylinder...