ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,114, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Electric-powered vehicle" was invented by Takatoshi Matsushita (Tokyo), Masaya Mitake (Tokyo), Hitoshi Onuma (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Yagita (Tokyo), Kentaro Hayashi (Tokyo) and Katsuhiko Shoda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric-powered vehicle includes: an axle body that includes an axle and drive wheels connected to both ends of the axle; a magnetic geared motor for rotating the axle, the magnetic geared motor including a stator, a low-speed rotor, and a high-speed rotor; a vehicle structure supported by the axle body; a motor support for con...