ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,350, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle" was invented by Shinya Horie (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes an engine, an electric generator, a power transmission device, a clutch, and a power generation controller. The electric generator is coupled to the engine. The power transmission device is configured to transmit driving power of the engine to a vehicle's driving wheel. The clutch is provided in the power transmission device and switchable between an engaged state in which the driving power of the engine is transmitted to the driving wheel and a disengaged state in which the dri...