ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,947, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control apparatus for electric vehicle" was invented by Akihito Hayasaka (Nisshin, Japan), Seiji Masunaga (Toyota, Japan) and Masayuki Matsui (Ichinomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus for an electric vehicle that includes (i) an electric motor, (ii) a high-low switching device configured to establish a high gear position or a low gear position, (iii) a center differential configured to transmit rotation outputted from the high-low switching device, to the front and rear wheels, while allowing differential rotation between the fro...