ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,191, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Hybrid vehicle" was invented by Taketoshi Hirata (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed hybrid vehicle (1) includes: an engine (3) mounted in a vehicle (1) and to which an EGR system (2) is applied; a motor (4) having a function of driving the vehicle (1) and a function of performing power regeneration; a battery (5) into which electric power generated by the power regeneration is charged. Further, the hybrid vehicle (1) includes: a generator (6) coupled to the engine (3) and having a function of driving the engine (3) with electric power of ...