US Patent Issued to Nissan Motor on Sept. 23 for "Series hybrid vehicle control method and series hybrid vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,625, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Series hybrid vehicle control method and series hybrid vehicle" was invented by Shingo Tanoue (Kanagawa, Japan), Kenji Yasaka (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kenichiro Shin (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A series hybrid vehicle control method controls a series hybrid vehicle including a power generation system that generates electric power by driving an electric generator with an internal combustion engine. A control unit is configured to, in a case where a failure occurs in the power generation system, limit a torque of the internal combustion...