ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,338, issued on May 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Vehicle charging system and method of controlling vehicle charging system" was invented by Shigeki Kinomura (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging system includes a movable unit, a elevating unit, an interface (key portion), and a controller. The movable unit includes a charging connector connectable to a vehicle. The elevating unit lifts up/down the movable unit between a state in which the movable unit is accommodated under the ground and a state in which the movable unit is exposed on the ground and the charging connector1 and the veh...