US Patent Issued to AUDI on June 23 for "Charging socket arrangement for a vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,006, issued on June 23, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Charging socket arrangement for a vehicle" was invented by Sebastian Vahle (Landshut, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging socket arrangement for a vehicle, having a charging socket arranged in a charging socket recess and a charging socket flap, which covers the charging socket in a first position and exposes it in a second position, and a warning flap arranged in the area of the charging socket, which in a first position is invisible and can be covered by the charging socket flap and in a second position protrudes from an outer skin of the vehicle ...