US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on April 21 for "Hybrid electric vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,005, issued on April 21, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Hybrid electric vehicle" was invented by Hiroyuki Shibata (Odawara, Japan) and Tetsuro Kobayashi (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a hybrid electric vehicle, (a) an engine and a first electric motor are disposed to be rotatable about a first axis, (b) a second electric motor, a reduction mechanism, and a differential gear are disposed to be rotatable about a second axis parallel with the first axis, (c) the second electric motor, a first planetary gear device, a second planetary gear device, and the differential gear are disposed in order f...