ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,653, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Vehicle and power apparatus" was invented by Yuya Aoki (Miyoshi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a vehicle inlet to which a vehicle plug that allows external power feed is connected, an electronic lock that locks the vehicle inlet and the vehicle plug, and a vehicle controller that controls the electronic lock. When output in external power feed is larger than 16 A (a prescribed value) at the time of reception of a request for release of locking by the electronic lock from a user, the vehicle controller prohibits release ...