ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,236, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Hybrid vehicle control apparatus" was invented by Tokito Kobayashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid vehicle control apparatus includes a controller. The controller is configured to switch an operation mode of a hybrid vehicle between a vehicle-stopped electric power generation mode, a first reverse traveling mode, and a second reverse traveling mode. The vehicle-stopped electric power generation mode is a mode in which electric power generation is performed, while the hybrid vehicle is stopped, by sending power of an engine to an electric motor. The first re...