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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Roger Akira Kyle, Aubrey, TX (US);
Timothy Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bryan Else Yamasaki, Frisco, TX (US);
Justin K Shen, Canton, MI (US);
Prince Ramos Remegio, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignees:
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/30 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60R 25/40 (2013.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/30 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60R 25/40 (2013.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); H02J 7/0068 (2013.01); B60R 2325/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for a vehicle having a main battery and a reserve energy storage device is provided. The method includes determining occurrence of a triggering event associated with the vehicle, and transferring power from the main battery to the reserve energy storage device in response to the triggering event to render the vehicle not drivable.