ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,701, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"System and method for identifying an electric vehicle through alternating current electric charging" was invented by Kiyotaka Kawashima (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for identifying an electric vehicle through an alternating current electric charging that include receiving a charging command to initiate the alternating current electric charging of the electric vehicle (EV) through electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). The system and method also include generating a duty cycle pattern that pertains to the electric charging of t...