ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,666, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle" was invented by Takashi Nozawa (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; a rotating electric machine; a power storage device; first and second electric heating type catalyst for purifying exhaust gas; a bidirectional power converter which converts first AC power into DC power, and convert DC power into a second AC power; a plurality of relays, which are electrically connected to a first power path and a second power path and which at least selects one of and switch between parallel connection a...