ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,989, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Electric motor vehicle" was invented by Takuya Tomioka (Toyota, Japan), Keisuke Kondoh (Okazaki, Japan) and Takamitsu Goto (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor vehicle comprises a charging port which is opened in a vehicle side portion and opened/closed by a charging lid, a charging inlet which is arranged inside the charging port and has a connection unit connectable to an outside power source, and on-vehicle liquid tank which is arranged in the vicinity of the charging port and provided with liquid level indication of the stored...