ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,749, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Coordinating vehicle access to power dispensers at a charging station" was invented by Shrikant Goswami (Greensboro, N.C.), Marlene Mendoza (Novi, Mich.), Sylviane Mayer (Saline, Mich.), Gerald Cabrera (Winnetka, Calif.), Daniel Kung (Irvine, Calif.), Ethan Snyder (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) and Brent Wooldridge (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Particular embodiments may provide a method for facilitating access to power dispensers at a charging station by a server. The server receives a request to charge an electric vehicle (EV) at a charging st...