ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,374, issued on June 9, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Power storage system" was invented by Yasushi Ogihara (Saitama, Japan) and Yasuo Yamada (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power storage system has a battery, a three-phase motor in which coils of three phases are connected at a neutral point, an inverter connected on an electric power transmission path between the battery and the three-phase motor, and a DC power supply circuit connected to a connection portion positioned on an electric power transmission path between the inverter and the battery. The battery includes two power storages and a switch u...