ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,181, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to AULTON NEW ENERGY AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY GROUP (Guangzhou, China) and SHANGHAI DIANBA NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Battery swapping device, battery swapping station and battery swapping method" was invented by Jianping Zhang (Shanghai) and Chunhua Huang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a battery swapping device, a battery swapping station and a battery swapping method. The battery swapping device comprises a turnover mechanism for turning a used battery pack taken out of an electric vehicle from a first position to a second position in a first direction; or t...