ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,107, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Charging device for a motor vehicle" was invented by Daniel Ruppert (Lenting, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging device for a motor vehicle, having a charging terminal for the energetic coupling to a motor-vehicle-external charging station, a high-voltage terminal for the electrical connection of the charging device to a high-voltage vehicle electrical system of the motor vehicle, and a charging device energy converter electrically coupled to the charging terminal and the high-voltage terminal. The charging device energy converter, for converting e...