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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:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
May. 12, 2009
Applicants:
Naoto Suzuki, Fujinomiya, JP;
Shinji Ichikawa, Toyota, JP;
Wanleng Ang, Okazaki, JP;
Kenji Murasato, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Naoto Suzuki, Fujinomiya, JP;
Shinji Ichikawa, Toyota, JP;
Wanleng Ang, Okazaki, JP;
Kenji Murasato, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/24 (2006.01); B60R 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle includes: rotatable wheels; a rotary electric machine that generates power for driving the wheels; a battery that supplies electric power to the rotary electric machine and that is fixed to the vehicle; and a detachable battery that supplies electric power to the rotary electric machine, that is detachable from the vehicle and that is arranged at a center in a width direction of the vehicle.