US Patent Issued to SUBARU on Feb. 10 for "Vehicle battery charging apparatus using plurality of supply and inlets" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,131, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle battery charging apparatus using plurality of supply and inlets" was invented by Tomohiro Morita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes inlets, one contactor, and a controller. Charging guns of charging apparatuses are to be inserted into the inlets respectively. The contactor is coupled between the inlets and a battery. The controller is configured to perform control to allow the charging apparatuses to simultaneously charge the battery."

The patent was filed on March 23, 2023, under Application No. 18/125,314.

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