US Patent Issued to SUBARU on Oct. 20 for "Vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,008, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle" was invented by Suharu Hoshino (Tokyo), Isao Tsukui (Tokyo) and Ayumi Fukamachi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes: a direct-current charging inlet; an alternating-current charging inlet; a battery that is configured to drive a motor and connectable to the direct-current charging inlet and the alternating-current charging inlet; temperature control equipment configured to raise a temperature of the battery; and a connection circuit that connects the direct-current charging inlet, the alternating-current charging inlet, the battery, and the t...