US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on April 22 for "Method and apparatus for controlling charging of vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,690, issued on April 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Method and apparatus for controlling charging of vehicle" was invented by Kenji Nakao (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first charging standard adopts a Wi-Fi (BLE) communication, and defines automatic charging. A second charging standard adopts an Ethernet (IPoverCAN) communication and defines PnC. A third charging standard adopts a PLC communication and defines universal charging scheme. A fourth charging standard adopts a CAN communication and defines DC (direct-current) charging. A fifth charging standard adopts a CPLT communication and de...