ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,253, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Hitachi Energy Ltd (Zurich).

"Electrical vehicle comprising an energy transfer device" was invented by Luigi Lonoce (Zurich), Bruce Warner (Etoy, Switzerland), Michel Lauria (Prilly, Switzerland) and Bassem Sudki (Bussigny-pres-Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy transfer device is configured for electrically connecting an electrical vehicle to a charging station. The energy transfer device includes a lengthwise link having an upper end and lower end and a crosswise link having an upper end and lower end. The lower ends of the lengthwise link and the crosswise link ar...