ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,121, issued on May 27, was assigned to Auckland Uniservices Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Vehicle-grid-home power interface" was invented by Udaya Kumara Madawala (Auckland, New Zealand) and Lei Wang (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating an electric vehicle charging apparatus for a vehicle to grid interface comprising a first full bridge converter configured to convert a grid supply to a DC link and a primary full bridge converter connected to the DC link and configured to provide an output alternating current for use in vehicle charging. The method includes detecting a charging power requiremen...