US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 1 for "Hybrid electric vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,472, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Hybrid electric vehicle" was invented by Yuta Kugimachi (Nagakute, Japan) and Hirofumi Kamishima (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid electric vehicle includes a transaxle, a cooling circuit, and exhaust pipes. The cooling circuit includes coolant piping and regulates the temperature of the transaxle. The exhaust pipes are connected to the engine at a position forward of the driver's seat and the passenger seat, and extend to a position rearward of the transaxle. The transaxle is disposed rearward of the driver's seat and the passenger sea...