ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,193, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Solar control system, method, medium, and vehicle" was invented by Junichiro Tamao (Nagoya, Japan) and Tetsuro Nakamura (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar control system includes a solar unit configured to output electric power generated by a solar panel, a battery configured to be supplied with electric power from the solar unit, a first DDC and a second DDC inserted in parallel between the solar unit and the battery and each configured to control electric power, supplied from the solar unit to the battery, based on a command value, a ...