ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,206, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Clearpoint Ventures LLC (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"System and method for aligning and pairing a charging station to an electric vehicle" was invented by Daniel Cong (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are disclosed for strategically positioning and aligning an object, for example, a vehicle at a charging station, parking station, port, depot or dock for orientation, alignment and pairing. The system includes an active-alignment module that measures the three-dimensional orientation of the object within the particular working envelope of the charging station and pr...