US Patent Issued to KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI on Feb. 17 for "Hybrid vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,240, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI MFG. Co. LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Hybrid vehicle" was invented by Fumiaki Ito (Hyogo, Japan), Koji Kiyooka (Hyogo, Japan), Tasuku Inoue (Hyogo, Japan) and Masato Arata (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid vehicle includes an engine that drives first wheel, and a motor that drives second wheel. The hybrid vehicle includes (1) a minute speed launch support mode where the hybrid vehicle is driven only by the motor as a drive source, (2) a sudden launch support mode where the hybrid vehicle is driven by the engine and motor as the drive source, and (3) a smooth launc...