US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 8 for "Vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,225, issued on July 8, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle" was invented by Shinobu Shimasaki (Toyota, Japan), Takahiro Nakajima (Toyota, Japan), Toshinori Oki (Toyota, Japan) and Tatsuo Iida (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes: an EHC which is provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and of which the temperature can be raised by application of a current; a tubular first case housing the EHC; an insulation coat disposed between an inner wall of the first case and an outer circumference of the EHC so as to surround the outer circumference of the EHC; a constric...