ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,041, issued on May 19, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"System and method for individualized planning of charging stops of an at least partially electrically powered vehicle" was invented by Michael Haupt (Kirchheim bei Muenchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for robustly detecting faulty operating states of charging stations includes a backend and an at least partially electrically powered vehicle. The at least partially electrically powered vehicle includes a detection unit configured to detect a faulty operating state of a charging station with respect to a charging operation at the charging ...