ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,375, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Power supply and demand system" was invented by Keigo Ikeda (Nisshin, Japan) and Daiki Yokoyama (Miyoshi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric power supply and demand system used in a factory for manufacturing a vehicle includes: an on-vehicle secondary battery, in a manufacturing process of a factory, mounted on a vehicle capable of running in a factory by remote control; a central storage battery configured to be capable of supplying electric power to an equipment in the factory; a charging device configured to be capable of supplying electric p...