ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,117, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle charging system" was invented by Takahiro Ueki (Mitaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The management server includes a memory and a processor. In addition to the certificate data, the memory stores vehicle identification information for identifying the vehicle and ECU identification information for identifying an ECU mounted on the vehicle when the certificate data is issued. The processor communicates with a specific vehicle on which ECU is mounted to obtain specific vehicle identification information for identifying the specific vehicle and...