US Patent Issued to Nissan Motor on April 29 for "Method for controlling vehicle and system for controlling vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,093, issued on April 29, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Method for controlling vehicle and system for controlling vehicle" was invented by Ryo Onogawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Azusa Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yoshihiro Terai (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control system increases the travel distance of a vehicle by inhibiting reduction in the SOC of a battery even when the output of an engine is limited. The control system is characterized by comprising: an electric motor that drives a vehicle: an engine that drives a power generator that generates electric power to be supplied to t...