ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,291, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control device for vehicle" was invented by Shotaro Kawamoto (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shift position is determined based on signals of a plurality of electrical contacts that is provided with a lock mechanism configured to be able to switch between a P lock that regulates switching of the shift operation unit from the P position and an N lock that regulates switching of the shift operation unit from the N position and to release the set P lock or N lock by operating the brake operation unit, and outputs a signal corresponding to the p...