ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,976, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Charging device" was invented by Taiga Doi (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The charging device mounted on electrified vehicle includes: a first charger capable of converting AC power supplied from the outside to DC power supplied to the battery; a second charger capable of converting AC power supplied from the outside to DC power supplied to the battery, and capable of converting DC power supplied from the battery to AC power supplied to the outside; a DC-to-DC converter capable of converting DC power supplied from the battery to low-voltage ...