ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,288, issued on July 21, was assigned to CyberSwitchingPatents LLC.

"Electric vehicle charging system with priority charging" was invented by Charles H. Reynolds (San Jose, Calif.) and Ronald L. Silorio (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller includes a processor, memory, and two channels connected to the processor. The first channel and the second channel deliver charging current to charge an electric vehicle. The first channel is operable for delivering a first charging current to a first output connection having a first output head, and the second channel is operable for delivering power to a second controller...