ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,740, issued on March 17, was assigned to Energy Helm (Colton, Calif.).

"Electric vehicle charging station" was invented by Kevin Smith (Colton, Calif.) and Chase Miller (Colton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-sustaining charging station configured to be placed in a remote location to charge electric vehicles. The charging station comprises a housing, at least one battery placed in the housing, a voltage converter electrically connected to the battery, a charging port electrically connected to the voltage converter, and one charging device electrically connected to the battery. The voltage converter is operable to recei...