ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,231, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Control apparatus and method of hybrid electric vehicle" was invented by Noritsugu Kawanishi (Aichi-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus controls a hybrid electric vehicle including an engine, an electric motor that uses power from the engine to generate electric power, and a battery. The control apparatus sets a target power of the engine based on a power required for driving the vehicle and a target charging power of the battery and sets a larger one of a required rotational speed of the engine corresponding to the target power...