US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on March 24 for "Battery charging for electric vehicle via a neutral of a polyphase motor with a current command determined by the neutral voltage" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,112, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Battery charging for electric vehicle via a neutral of a polyphase motor with a current command determined by the neutral voltage" was invented by Ryosuke Oya (Toyota, Japan) and Ippei Takesue (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle may include a battery; an inverter; a motor; a first and second terminal configured to connect to an external power supply; a first wire connecting the first terminal to a neutral point; a second wire connecting the second terminal to the battery, a first relay disposed on the first wire; a first and...