US Patent Issued to ConnectDER on Sept. 9 for "Electric vehicle charger with automated grid-management and vehicle-to-home isolation/backup" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,749, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ConnectDER Inc. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Electric vehicle charger with automated grid-management and vehicle-to-home isolation/backup" was invented by John Schroeder (Falls Church, Va.) and Whitman Fulton (Falls Church, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface to an electric vehicle or comparable energy storage system, paired with a utility electric power meter or meter collar adaptor with embedded control and whole-site disconnect switch that, when operated together, enables the user to: isolate the site from the grid during a power outage and use the vehicle or energy storage system to p...