US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 17 for "Vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,502, issued on June 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle" was invented by Tadashi Okuda (Hadano, Japan), Shunsuke Fushiki (Susono, Japan), Susumu Hashimoto (Ebina, Japan), Masato Fujikawa (Susono, Japan) and Hiroyuki Shioiri (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle designed to increase a maximum drive torque transmitted from an engine to drive wheels. The vehicle comprises: an input member to which a torque is delivered from the engine; an output member connected to drive wheels; a reaction mechanism that establishes a reaction torque; and a differential mechanism. A differential mechanis...