ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,739, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Charging inlet apparatus" was invented by Masaru Sasaki (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging inlet apparatus includes an inlet box and one or more electrical components. The inlet box is provided at a charging opening of a vehicle. A charging inlet is disposed in the inlet box. One or more electrical components are mounted on a mounting surface of the inlet box from a vehicle cabin side of the vehicle and have a waterproof object area. The mounting surface is inclined toward the vehicle cabin side with respect to a vertical direction. The ...