ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,098, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to H.B. FULLER COMPANY (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Automated electric vehicle charging station" was invented by Michael F. Garofalo (Birmingham, Mich.), Richard M. Wallace (Birmingham, Mich.) and James P. DeFillipi (Leonard, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated electric vehicle charging station. The charging station can include a frame to which a vehicle can park in proximity to receive an electric charge. The frame is at least partially underneath the vehicle. The charging station can include an alignment indicator and a charging indicator to alert an occupant of the vehicle to a vehicle ali...