ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,591, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Energy management device" was invented by Junlei Zhang (Long Beach, Calif.) and Robert M Uyeki (Torrance, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device and method for management of energy is disclosed. The electronic device receives charging information associated with a first charging source and a second charging source. The charging information indicates a charging cost and a carbon footprint of the first charging source and the second charging source. The electronic device determines a change in the charging cost and the carbon footprint between the ...