ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,866, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle" was invented by Kazuki Sato (Tokyo) and Kenzo Tanaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including: a battery; a voltage control unit that boosts an output voltage of the battery; a main drive unit, including a main drive motor driven by electric power with a boosted voltage, that outputs a main driving force for driving one of a front wheel and a rear wheel; a sub drive unit, including a sub drive motor driven by the electric power with the boosted voltage, that outputs a sub driving force for driving another of the front wheel and the rear...