US Patent Issued to NISSAN MOTOR on Jan. 20 for "Hybrid vehicle control method and hybrid vehicle control device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,446, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Hybrid vehicle control method and hybrid vehicle control device" was invented by Takeshi Tsuyuki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Akio Ashikaga (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid vehicle includes a generator capable of generating and supplying power to a battery; a drive motor that drives driving wheels of the hybrid vehicle with power supplied from the battery or power generated by the generator, an internal combustion engine that drives the generator; and a first exhaust purification device for exhaust purification arranged in an exhaust pa...