ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,304, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Electric vehicle" was invented by Sho Ito (Toyota, Japan), Kazuaki Ishiura (Okazaki, Japan), Takashi Katayama (Toyota, Japan) and Yoshihiro Morita (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle includes: an electric motor; a power transmission device; a driving battery to be connected to an external charger; an electric-power control device for controlling an electric power transferred between the battery and the electric motor; a connector connecting between the electric-power control device and an electrical wire connected to the batte...