US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on May 6 for "Systems and methods for efficient DC fast charging" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,234, issued on May 6, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for efficient DC fast charging" was invented by Steven E. Schulz (Torrance, Calif.) and Silva Hiti (Redondo Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an illustrative embodiment, a direct current (DC) fast charger (DCFC) controller unit includes a controller. The controller includes a processor and computer-readable media. The computer-readable media is configured to store computer-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to: receive a maximum charge time duration to charge at least one battery to a desired state ...