ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,159, issued on June 3, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Charging device" was invented by Masato Niwa (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging device includes: a relay cable having one end connected to a charging connector; a battery charged by a direct current supplied from the charging connector; a battery cable having one end connected to the battery; a charging connection portion connected to the other end of the relay cable; a battery connection portion connected to the other end of the battery cable; a relay that switches the direct current to be supplied or not relative to the battery; and a housing ...