US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on May 19 for "Electrified vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,000, issued on May 19, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Electrified vehicle" was invented by Masataka Iwamoto (Toyota, Japan), Yusuke Suzuki (Nisshin, Japan), Koichi Okuda (Toyota, Japan) and Naoki Itazu (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The first drive device includes a first motor connected to the left front wheel via a first gear unit, and a second motor connected to the right front wheel via a second gear unit, and a first oil pump connected to the first gear unit or the second gear unit. The second drive device includes a third motor connected to the left rear wheel via a third gear unit, a fourth...