ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,587, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Jolt Energy GmbH (Munich).
"Charging station" was invented by Maurice Neligan (Munich) and Markus Ostermeier (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging station (1) for charging a vehicle battery (2A) of at least one electrically powered vehicle (2) connected to said charging station (1) by means of a pluggable charging connector (3) adapted to transfer in a charging process electrical power from said charging station (1) to the vehicle battery (2A), wherein a valve of said charging station (1) and/or of the vehicle (2) is opened before, during and/or after said charging process to supply a...