US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA on Aug. 12 for "Vehicle battery control based on remaining charge" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,391, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas).

"Vehicle battery control based on remaining charge" was invented by Masashi Nakagawa (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicles and methods for controlling a battery of the vehicle based on remaining battery charge. A vehicle may include a battery configured to supply electricity to native and external electrical components of the vehicle. The vehicle may include an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the battery. The ECU may be configured to receive a priority rank for each of the electrical compon...