ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,891, issued on June 24, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Control device for vehicle" was invented by Daisuke Takeuchi (Tokyo), Takuya Honjo (Tokyo) and Yuki Kosugiyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for a vehicle, the vehicle including: a battery; a first rotary electric machine coupled to an axle; a second rotary electric machine coupled to an internal combustion engine; a first power conversion circuit; a second power conversion circuit; a capacitor connected between the battery and connection portions connecting the first power conversion circuit and the second power conversion circuit in para...