ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,929, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Hybrid vehicle" was invented by Yuuta Okamoto (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor, and a control device configured to control the engine. The control device includes an intermittent operation control unit, a feedback control unit, a calculation unit, a determination unit, a continuation unit, and a diagnosis unit."
The patent was filed on Nov. 15, 2023, under Application No. 18/509,305.
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