ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,665, issued on March 31, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Peer-to-peer DC fast charging" was invented by Jonathan Hair (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power systems capable of charging chargeable systems at a power greater than or equal to a predetermined value are disclosed. Example embodiments may be a power system for an electric vehicle. The chargeable system may be an electric vehicle. Some embodiments are capable of peer-to-peer fast charging of electric vehicles at a power greater than or equal to 50 kW."

The patent was filed on Nov. 16, 2022, under Application No. 17/988,005...