ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,361, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Hybrid vehicle" was invented by Kosei Ito (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid vehicle includes a forward-backward travel changeover mechanism including a forward clutch and a reverse brake, a continuously variable transmission, an engine, a motor generator, an output clutch, a mechanical oil pump, an electric oil pump, a manual valve, an oil passage, and a control unit. The manual valve supplies oil to the forward clutch when a parking range is selected. When a state of charge of a high voltage battery decreases to a predetermined value or lower in the parking ...