ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,314, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle" was invented by Nobuhide Nishigaki (Toyota, Japan) and Kazumasa Shimode (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes: a plurality of wheels; a plurality of rotary electric machines, each configured to generate a driving force or a braking force for one of the plurality of wheels independently from other rotary electric machines; a power storage device configured to exchange electric power with the plurality of rotating electric machines; a processor configured to calculate a required torque of each of the plurality of wheels; a ...