US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 23 for "Vehicle-based detection and management of electrical power" (Maryland, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,656, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC. and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Vehicle-based detection and management of electrical power" was invented by Norman Lu (Fairview, Texas) and Maximilian Parness (Takoma Park, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example operation includes determining, by a first vehicle, that an outage of an electrical grid exists at a location in an area, wherein the first vehicle is coupled to the electrical grid through a charging station at the location; and requesting, by the first vehicle, for a second vehicle to provide electricity to the location, wherein th...