US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on May 13 for "Vehicle controller, vehicle, power supply system, discharge connector, and power supply method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,686, issued on May 13, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle controller, vehicle, power supply system, discharge connector, and power supply method" was invented by Shigeki Kinomura (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control unit (ECU) controls a vehicle capable of externally discharging an electric power via a discharge connector. The vehicle includes: an on-board inverter that adjusts the voltage of an alternating current (AC) power; and a vehicle inlet that discharges to the discharge connector the AC power output from the power converter when the discharge connector is connected to...