ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,379, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to CHARGEPOLY (Gautier de la Lauziere, France) and INSTITUT VEDECOM (Versailles, France).

"System and method for charging motor vehicles" was invented by Hadi Moussavi (Aix-en-Provence, France), Paul Coyne (Paris), Joe Matta (Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole, France) and Christophe Ripoll (Chevreuse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The charging system comprises: two chargers (2a, 2b) which deliver instantaneous electrical energy for charging an electric vehicle, with different electrical charging characteristics, two electrical lines (16a, 16b), each connecting one of the two chargers (2a, 2b) to a plurali...