US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 9 for "Control device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,573, issued on June 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Control device" was invented by Taro Tsukada (Shizuoka-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The control device includes a determiner configured to determine whether or not the kite is in the dive mode based on an attitude of the kite including an aerodynamic characteristic changer capable of changing aerodynamic characteristics, and a controller configured to control the aerodynamic characteristic changer so that the kite turns in a direction opposite to a current turning direction of the kite when the kite is determined to be in the dive mode."

The pat...