ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,103, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle and method of controlling vehicle" was invented by Mitsutoshi Otaki (Susono, Japan), Shinji Nakanishi (Mishima, Japan), Tetsuya Waseda (Susono, Japan), Jun Yoshida (Mishima, Japan), Tsubasa Migita (Sakai, Japan) and Yoshihiro Uchida (Nagakute, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electrified vehicle includes an all-solid-state battery in which a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer are stacked in the front-rear direction (predetermined direction) of the electrified vehicle. The electrified vehicle a...