US Patent Issued to KAWASAKI MOTORS on Jan. 27 for "Electric vehicle, and control method for electric vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,992, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Akashi, Japan).

"Electric vehicle, and control method for electric vehicle" was invented by Humisato Mihune (Kobe, Japan), Eisaku Kitagawa (Akashi, Japan) and Ryohei Yoshida (Akashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided an electric vehicle and a control method thereof, the electric vehicle including: a motor configured to cause the electric vehicle to travel; a plurality of battery packs configured to supply electric power to the motor; an electric power path electrically connecting the motor and the plurality of battery packs; a switching element config...