ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,383, issued on July 15, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Charging system and method for charging a battery of an electric vehicle" was invented by Anders Lasson (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Robert Eriksson (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging system for charging an electric vehicle battery, including a charging inlet connected to an external direct current (DC) charging station providing a predefined charging inlet voltage, a battery having a nominal voltage of 400V or 800V connected to the charging inlet, the battery including two 400V-battery units, and a voltage outlet, the voltage outlet...