ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,578, issued on June 16, was assigned to ABB E-mobility B.V. (Delft, Netherlands).

"Electric vehicle supply equipment for charging an electrical vehicle" was invented by Balazs Villanyi (Delft, Netherlands), Stefan Raaijmakers (Delft, Netherlands), Lars Peter Bech (Schiedam, Netherlands) and Rolf Bilderbeek (Utrecht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle supply equipment includes a charger configured for supplying a charging current for charging an electrical vehicle, a charging connector configured for connecting to the electrical vehicle and a charging cable connected with one end to the charger and with ano...