ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,261, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to VOLLEY AUTOMATION INC. (Denver).

"Vehicle charging systems and methods of positioning a charging cable to engage a charging adapter" was invented by Jos Christopher Goble (Milpitas, Calif.), David Edwin Weldon (Gilroy, Calif.) and Connor James Anderson (Alameda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle charging adapter including a connector configured to engage with a charging port of a vehicle, and a receiver coupled to the connector. The receiver includes a receiver charging surface, an indicator provided on the receiver charging surface, an inner radial wall extending from the receive...