ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,652, issued on April 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Electrified vehicle power system arrangement" was invented by Zhicheng Hong (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electrified vehicle includes a vehicle body, a plurality of wheels configured to support the vehicle body, a power unit attached to the vehicle body and configured to drive at least one of the plurality of wheels, and a high-voltage cable arranged in a vertical direction behind the power unit. The vehicle body is configured to support a lower portion of the power unit, and the upper portion of the power unit is configured to be conne...