ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,831, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Charging box" was invented by Hiroki Sugawara (Fujisawa, Japan) and Ken Kijima (Fujisawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The charging box includes: a box-shaped housing; a power receiver that is provided to an opening of the housing and can be connected to an external connector of an external power supply device; a door that pivots between a closed position where the opening is sealed and an open position where the opening is unsealed; a hinge that is provided with a rotation shaft at a position facing an inner wall surface of the housing and pivotally ...