US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche on July 14 for "Charging socket module" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,233, issued on July 14, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Charging socket module" was invented by Dominik Beierl (Korntal-Munchingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging socket module for a motor vehicle includes a body having a charging socket and a charging socket cover. The charging socket module is arranged on the body of the motor vehicle in the region of an opening of the body. The charging socket is displaceably mounted on the body, wherein the displaceable arrangement of the charging socket is provided adjacent the opening of the body. The charging socket cover is arranged to be ...