ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,793, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Charging system" was invented by Hiroyuki Hosoi (Osaka, Japan) and Atsushi Seki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging system according to the present disclosure includes an AC-DC converter, a DC-DC converter, and a control circuit. The AC-DC converter is connected between an input node and an intermediate node. The AC-DC converter is connectable to a power source via the input node. The DC-DC converter is connected between the intermediate node and an output node. The DC-DC converter is connectable to a battery via t...