ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,666, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Electric vehicle" was invented by Masayuki Ishibashi (Numazu, Japan), Hiroki Kunifuda (Chiryu, Japan), Hyuksoo Kwon (Anjo, Japan) and Shinichiro Suenaga (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle includes a mechanical-electrical integrated unit constituted by a drive apparatus and an electric-power control apparatus that are housed in a same casing. The drive apparatus includes a first electric motor, a second electric motor and a transmission device. The electric-power control apparatus is configured to control an electric power tran...