ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,034, issued on March 18, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas).
"Multiple transport charging sources" was invented by Norman Lu (Fairview, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example operation includes one or more of receiving a first energy, at a target transport, from a charging station at a first value during a first amount of time, and the target transport and the charging station are physically connected, and receiving a second energy, at the target transport, from a providing transport at a second value greater than the first value during a second amount of time less than the first amount of time, ...