ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,525, issued on June 17, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas).

"Apparatus and method for assembly line charging of vehicle batteries" was invented by Daniel Upton (Georgetown, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for assembly line charging of vehicle batteries. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving battery data of a plurality of vehicle batteries on an assembly line, the received battery data including electric charge data of each vehicle battery of the plurality of vehicle batteries, each of the plurality of vehicle...