ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,436, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Hybrid electric vehicle" was invented by Shoichi Kuwayama (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hybrid electric vehicle includes a control device that switches between hybrid-type driving and motor-type driving. The control device includes a setting unit configured to set a determination value based on a predicted upper limit value which is a predicted value of an output upper limit value of a battery when the start of the engine is completed during the running of the motor during the hybrid running. The setting unit sets, as the determination va...