ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,162, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and DENSO Corp. (Kariya-City, Japan).

"Control system for electrified vehicle" was invented by Satoshi Yasuda (Nagakute, Japan) and Taro Shimosaka (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system in the present specification includes: an electric power control device; a first control device; and a second control device. The second control device includes a processor and a logic circuit. In a case where a limp home mode is executed, the first control device outputs a second command value to the logic circuit. The logic circuit includes a first circ...