Toyota Prius Under Fire For Patent Infringement

tekiegreg writes "According to Auto Service World, Toyota (and possibly other hybrid companies) are guilty of violating a patent with their Prius hybrid Systems. The patent in particular looks like it covers most of how the drive-train and even the braking system of a Toyota Prius functions. The implications of which are big if there is no deal or settlement made (such as ceasing of hybrid vehicles in the United States)."

Easy Solution.

[yobjob]

Remove the braking system. No more patent violation!

/tin hat

[Dr. Eggman]

It's the oil companies in disguise!

Is it good news or bad news?

[Vo0k]

Google Under Fire For Patent Infringement - bad news.
Microsoft Under Fire For Patent Infringement - good news.
Sun Under Fire For Patent Infringement - depends on wind direction and world series basketball results.
Do we love or hate Toyota Prius?

Re:Easy Solution.

[Elitist_Phoenix]

Yeah, the yuppies and single women who drive them wouldn't notice the difference anyway.

Infinit Speed !!!

[metarox]

From the patent title :

Dual-input infinite-speed integral motor and transmission device

Now that's cool!

Re:Easy Solution.

[metricmusic]

*waves placard*

Implement Flintstones braking tech now!

Re:Is it good news or bad news?

[Peeptophe]

People who make an irrelevant attempt to bash Microsoft because they think they will get a "Funny" mod on /. given a boot to the head....Priceless.

Re:Easy Solution.

[PitaBred]

BRAKING! Jeebus. Use a dictionary. Or read the article. Or the parent post.

Re:Limited problem

[zippthorne]

Do they make them for boats that can go underwater? Then they could be "submarine" patents...

Re:Easy Solution.

[Guppy06]

That's it! The patent is for a "braking system," but (so far) nobody holds a patent on a "breaking system!"