US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on March 18 for "Power supply device and vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,479, issued on March 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Power supply device and vehicle" was invented by Ryosuke Takahashi (Nagakute, Japan) and Yuki Sano (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply device for controlling power supply from a power supply source to loads, comprising: a power storage element; a first circuit that connects the power supply source and the power storage element so as to be chargeable; a second circuit that connects the power storage element and the loads so as to be dischargeable; a third circuit that connects the power supply source and the loads so as to be able ...