ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,488, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Drive apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Keisuke Omuro (Toyota, Japan), Atsushi Tabata (Okazaki, Japan), Koichi Okuda (Toyota, Japan) and Yohei Habata (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive apparatus for vehicle including a first power source, a first output rotating member, a second output rotating member, a second power source, a differential device, a first engagement device, a second engagement device, and a control device. The control device establishing, as drive modes driving a vehicle, a first drive mode putting the vehicle in all-w...