US Patent Issued to ABB Schweiz on March 18 for "Charging station with high frequency distribution network" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,461, issued on March 18, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Charging station with high frequency distribution network" was invented by Francisco Canales (Baden-Dawil, Switzerland) and Ki-Bum Park (Fislisbach, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging station for electric vehicles includes a central part for converting a grid AC voltage from an electrical grid into a high frequency AC voltage; a distribution network for distributing the high frequency AC voltage; and a plurality of coils directly connected to the distribution network, wherein each coil is adapted for transferring energy to an electrical...