US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Oct. 20 for "Vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,975, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle" was invented by Hirotatsu Kitabatake (Sunto-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle includes a first motor that applies a driving force to the first wheel via the first speed reducer, a second motor that applies a driving force to the second wheel via the second speed reducer, and a control device that controls the driving force of the first motor and the driving force of the second motor. A maximum driving force that is outputtable by the first motor is greater than a maximum driving force that is outputtable by the second motor. Whe...