ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,860, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Hybrid electric vehicle" was invented by Yuki Yamada (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for a hybrid electric vehicle is configured to perform drive assistance control that causes the hybrid electric vehicle to travel based on a drive assistance plan in which a motor drive mode or a normal drive mode is assigned to each of travel sections of a travel route using information on the travel sections, the travel route being a planned or estimated travel route based on map information and the location of the hybrid electric vehicle. Whe...