ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,182, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Drive device, drive method, and storage medium" was invented by Hironobu Sakamoto (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive device is provided. The drive device includes an electric motor, a power control device, an oil circuit that cools the electric motor with oil, a water circuit that cools the power control device with water, a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the oil circuit and the water circuit, and a control device. The control device drives the power control device for heat generation, when a temperature regarding the oil is ...