ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,238, issued on July 14, was assigned to Audi AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"System and method for preconditioning of a charging point" was invented by Jurgen Loffler (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for preconditioning of heatable charging points of a charging station as needed."

The patent was filed on Jan. 12, 2023, under Application No. 18/153,845.

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