US Patent Issued to Mazda Motor on Oct. 7 for "Control system for hybrid vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,685, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Mazda Motor Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Control system for hybrid vehicle" was invented by Atsushi Yamasaki (Aki-gun, Japan), Chikako Tsumura (Aki-gun, Japan), Tomokuni Kusunoki (Aki-gun, Japan), Yuichiro Yamane (Aki-gun, Japan), Kanta Kono (Aki-gun, Japan) and Naoki Tsukamoto (Aki-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To inhibit clutch engagement during an engine restart from affecting cooperative regenerative braking control and switching of braking in a hybrid vehicle having a P2 module onboard, a control system for the hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor, a K0 clutch, drive shafts, ...