ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,838, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Magna Mirrors Holding GmbH (Sailauf, Germany).
"Charge port and system for charging of electric vehicle" was invented by Jean-Dominique Cretin (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular electric charging system includes a charging connector and a cover panel disposed at an electric vehicle. The cover panel conceals the charging connector when the cover panel is in a closed position. The cover panel is movable from the closed position toward an open position, and the charging connector moves from a stowed position toward a charging position when the cover panel is m...