US Patent Issued to SUBARU on April 7 for "Vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,770, issued on April 7, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle" was invented by Takeshi Saito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes an engine, an exhaust flow passage, an air-fuel ratio sensor, and a control apparatus. The exhaust flow passage is configured to communicate with the engine. The air-fuel ratio sensor is provided in the exhaust flow passage. The control apparatus includes one or more processors, and one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: cause backflow of gas inside the exhaust flow passage while the vehicle is stopped; and diag...