ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,592, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Directed electric vehicle charging system for generating revenue and methods thereof" was invented by David Wong Cun (Fountain Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a directed electric vehicle charging system for generating revenue and methods thereof. More particularly, this disclosure describes a telematics service provider that maintains relationships with charging stations and their associated stores such that revenue may be realized by directing vehicles to those charging stations. In an illustrative embodiment, the tel...