ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,004, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"System and method for charging electric motor vehicle" was invented by Hyeon Uk Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment system for charging an electric motor vehicle includes a first switching circuit configured to select one of at least two chargers, a second switching circuit configured to select a charging station connector to be connected to the charger selected by the first switching circuit, and a controller configured to control the first switching circuit and the second switchi...