US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 14 for "Control device for hybrid electric vehicle that controls based on a wide-open-throttle operation line" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,324, issued on July 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Control device for hybrid electric vehicle that controls based on a wide-open-throttle operation line" was invented by Hiroki Endo (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine is controlled based on a wide-open-throttle operation line connecting a driving point at which the engine outputs the maximum torque in a state where the throttle valve opening degree is maximum, and a non-wide-open-throttle operation line connecting a driving point at which the exhaust state of the engine is improved as compared with the wide-open-throttle operation line. ...