ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,329, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle charging systems and methods for mitigating electric vehicle supply equipment overheating" was invented by Marie Louise Hall (Dundee, Mich.), Timothy Harris (Grosse Ile, Mich.) and Christopher Bernard Trombetta (Commerce Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicle charging systems and methods are provided for controlling an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) assembly during a vehicle charging event. A temperature of the EVSE assembly may be monitored, and the EVSE assembly may be shut down when the temperature exceeds a p...