US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Nov. 25 for "Systems, methods, and apparatus for e-drive kit for trailers" (Michigan, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,526, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Systems, methods, and apparatus for e-drive kit for trailers" was invented by Charlie Yang (The Colony, Texas), Tapan Patel (South Lyon, Mich.), Brian Woods (Brighton, Mich.) and Heraldo Stefanon (Dexter, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing an e-drive kit for a trailer connected to a towing vehicle. The system includes a motorized axle, a plurality of energy storage devices, and a controller coupled to the motorized axle and the plurality of energy storage devices...