ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,832, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle" was invented by Taira Iraha (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a battery, a rotating electric machine, an electric power conversion device, a charging device, and a control device. When the battery is charged, the charging device supplies direct-current power to a neutral point of the rotating electric machine, and the rotating electric machine and the electric power conversion device boost the direct-current power and supply the power to the battery. During traveling, the control device predicts a traveling time to a...