ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,355, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Battery replacement apparatus" was invented by Mamoru Saito (Toyota, Japan), Shin Inoue (Okazaki, Japan) and Naoki Takahashi (Miyoshi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery replacement apparatus includes: a battery replacement station where removal of a first battery from the electrically powered vehicle and attachment of a second battery to the electrically powered vehicle are performed; a storage that stores the second battery, and a storage space that is provided at a position separate from the storage and stores the first battery."
The paten...