US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on March 3 for "Vehicle with detachably mounted battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,635, issued on March 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle with detachably mounted battery" was invented by Tatsuya Shimizu (Okazaki, Japan), Katsuya Shimazu (Toyota, Japan), Ayaka Kagami (Inazawa, Japan) and Mutsumi Kawashima (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a vehicle body including a mounting portion that opens downward and that is configured to mount a battery, and the battery that is detachably mountable to the mounting portion. The battery includes a battery main body and a battery-side connecting portion that protrudes upward from the battery main body. The mounting po...