ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,746, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to CANOO TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Torrence, Calif.).

"System and method for charging vehicle's higher-voltage power supply using lower-voltage charging station" was invented by Amir Ranjbar (Commerce Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes an AC input configured to receive an AC electrical signal and a DC input configured to receive a first DC electrical signal having a lower voltage and a second DC electrical signal having a higher voltage. The apparatus also includes an on-board charger configured to charge a power supply using the AC electrical signal. The on-board charg...