US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Feb. 24 for "Control device for hybrid vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,086, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Control device for hybrid vehicle" was invented by Fumiya Kaji (Numazu, Japan), Michio Yoshida (Susono, Japan), Kazunori Toida (Susono, Japan) and Shinya Asaura (Numazu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device, for a hybrid vehicle including an engine, a torque converter, a transmission, a motor, a mechanical oil pump, and a starter, includes a traveling mode determination unit, an acquisition unit, a vehicle speed determination unit, and a control unit."

The patent was filed on May 2, 2024, under Application No. 18/653,039.

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