ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,742, issued on April 7, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Electric vehicle supply equipment and power cord" was invented by Mark A. Plant (Boardman, Ohio) and Wyatt Lipinsky (Youngstown, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electric vehicle supply equipment described herein includes one or more power cords this is/are configured to be disconnected from and reconnected to the electrical vehicle supply equipment. The electric vehicle supply equipment so includes a printed circuit board assembly disposed within a plug of the power cord having an electronic controller configured to transmit data regar...