ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,682, issued on April 22, was assigned to EVject Inc. (American Fork, Utah).

"Ejector for electric vehicle charging connectors" was invented by Erick Vega (Salt Lake City), Preston Ruff (Draper, Utah) and Kreg Peeler (Draper, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ejector for electric vehicle charging connectors is provided. An ejector can be configured to be secured on the inside of the charging port of an EV and to automatically eject or push the charging connector from the charging port. The ejector may include a pusher assembly that can be selectively retracted to allow a charging connector to be plugged into the charging port and ...