ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,076, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Electric vehicle" was invented by Takuya Kikuchi (Fujisawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle includes: a third power supply line that supplies power from a quick charger placed outside the vehicle body to a battery, a positive-side line being on an upstream side of a current flowing from the quick charger to the battery, a negative-side line being on a downstream side the current flowing from the quick charger to the battery; a third protection circuit that is capable of cutting off the power via the third power supply line by electr...