US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 30 for "Vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,142, issued on June 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle" was invented by Shinya Ito (Miyoshi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle may include an electrical unit electrically connected to the battery, and a brake unit positioned rearward of the electrical unit in the vehicle front-rear direction. The electrical unit and the brake unit may be arranged in a front compartment. The brake unit may be disposed adjacent to the electrical unit at a position offset to one side in the vehicle left-right direction with respect to the electrical unit. One of the electrical unit and the brake unit may be ...