ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,404, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BORGWARNER ORSENIGO S.R.L. (Orsenigo, Italy) and DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method and device for measuring an earth resistance in a battery charging station" was invented by Raul Morstabilini (Orsenigo, Italy), Alessandro Poli (Orsenigo, Italy), Pasquale Forte (Orsenigo, Italy) and Claudio Piccoli (Orsenigo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for measuring an earth resistance in a battery charging system, including the steps of injecting a measuring signal in alternating current between a first, neutral node and a second, earth node, detecting a voltage signal ...