ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,342, issued on May 20, was assigned to San Diego Gas & Electric Co. (San Diego).
"Managing electric vehicle charging through a smart meter" was invented by James McCloskey (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for remotely managing electric power transfer comprising a power source, an electric vehicle charging device configured to transfer electric power from the power source to an electric vehicle, and a smart meter device coupled to the charging device on one end and the power source on another end. The smart meter device is configured to control the electric power transferred by the electric vehicle chargin...