ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,266, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Vehicle charging and discharging system" was invented by Hiroki Ishikawa (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging and discharging system includes: a rotary electric machine being able to output a driving force for traveling; a drive circuit unit for supplying electric power of a main battery to drive the rotary electric machine, and charging the main battery through regeneration of the rotary electric machine; and a control unit for controlling the drive circuit unit. The charging and discharging system is configured not to charge a backup battery c...