ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,687, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Vehicle controller and vehicle control method" was invented by Naoki Nakanishi (Nagoya, Japan), Masato Yoshikawa (Toyota, Japan) and Mitsuru Yamaguchi (Ama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control unit includes processing circuitry. A hybrid electric vehicle has an electric traveling mode, in which the hybrid electric vehicle travels with a system clutch disengaged and an engine in a stopped state, and a hybrid traveling mode, in which the hybrid electric vehicle travels with the system clutch engaged and engine operating. The processing...