ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,119, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Solar charging system" was invented by Yukinori Murakami (Toyota, Japan) and Yuma Miyamoto (Miyoshi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The solar charging system is a solar charging system mounted on a vehicle. The solar charging system includes a power generation module, an auxiliary battery, a high-voltage battery, and a control unit that controls power transfer. When power transfer from the auxiliary battery to the high-voltage battery is requested, the control unit performs the power transfer from the auxiliary battery to the high-voltage battery base...