US Patent Issued to Nissan Motor on Sept. 22 for "Method and device for regenerative control of hybrid vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,630, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Method and device for regenerative control of hybrid vehicle" was invented by Takeshi Hirata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid vehicle us equipped with a power generation first motor generator driven by an internal combustion engine, and a second motor generator driven by a battery. The hybrid vehicle includes an S mode, an ECO mode and a NORMAL mode which are basic travel modes. A mode change switch is used to switch between the modes. In the S mode and the ECO mode, a deceleration rate of regenerative braking on downhill roads...