US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 30 for "Electric vehicle equipped with charging device that charges on-board storage device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,147, issued on June 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Electric vehicle equipped with charging device that charges on-board storage device" was invented by Fumiyoshi Kuribara (Toyota, Japan) and Masanori Koashi (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electric vehicle includes a power storage device, a charger that charges the power storage device using power from an external power supply, and a controller that controls the charger. The controller calculates the required charging time for charging before charging the power storage device by the charger, and calculates the scheduled charging end time us...