ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,174, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Apparatus for above-ground power distribution and electronic charging infrastructure, and related systems and methods" was invented by Kent Robert Kroll (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing for an EV charging station includes a housing body having first and second ends opposite each other along a longitudinal direction. The housing body has a base that is configured to sit atop a parking surface and extends between first and second sidewalls that are opposite each other along a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction....