US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Dec. 2 for "Charging control device for hybrid electric vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,874, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Charging control device for hybrid electric vehicle" was invented by Mitsuru Yamaguchi (Ama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When the remaining charge amount of the battery decreases to a predetermined value or less, the engine torque reduction control unit reduces the torque of the engine such that the operating point of the engine falls within a predetermined engine torque stable region. Then, in a state in which the operating point of the engine is within the engine torque stable region, the torque of the electric motor is controlled by the charging c...