US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on March 17 for "Charge and discharge system, vehicle, and control method for charge and discharge system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,735, issued on March 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Charge and discharge system, vehicle, and control method for charge and discharge system" was invented by Yoshiyuki Uno (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charge and discharge system capable of being charged and discharged from and to an external device includes a charge and discharge circuit, a switching system and a controller. The charge and discharge circuit converts electric power from an inlet to direct-current power compatible with an electrical storage device and converts direct-current power of the electrical storage device to electr...