ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,131, issued on July 28, was assigned to CHARGEPOINT INC. (Campbell, Calif.).

"Electric vehicle charging system" was invented by Paul Baron Guerra (Redwood City, Calif.), Damian S. Matthews (Aptos, Calif.), Pasquale Romano (Los Gatos, Calif.) and David Baxter (Monte Sereno, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An external electric vehicle battery thermal management system is described. An electric vehicle thermal system provides external coolant to an internal battery thermal system of an electric vehicle. The internal battery thermal system includes a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger to cool or warm the set of batteries of the electr...