ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,387, issued on June 9, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for charging a vehicle at a fast-charging station and a corresponding vehicle" was invented by Luke Schwartz (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for charging a vehicle (10) with high-voltage components (11) at a fast-charging station (20). The method includes ascertaining a prevailing noise level around the vehicle (10) while operating noise (21) produced by the vehicle (10) itself during charging is suppressed. The method continues by determining a volume of the operating noise (21) that is tolerable fo...