US Patent Issued to SUBARU on Oct. 20 for "Electric vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,981, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electric vehicle" was invented by Masaaki Kato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle includes an electric motor, a power storage body, a power receiver, a charger, and a control system. The electric motor is coupled to a wheel. The power storage body is coupled to the electric motor. The power receiver receives electric power from an external power source. The charger is coupled to the power receiver and the power storage body. The control system controls the electric motor. The electric vehicle has traveling modes including a first traveling mode, and...