ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,042, issued on May 19, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"System and method for managing use of EVSE assembly and charge port assembly" was invented by Brendan Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), Christopher Schnettler (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.), Jonathan Hair (Northville, Mich.), Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.) and Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates generally to a system and method for managing the use of an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) assembly and a charge port assembly of an electrified vehicle, including balancing usage and identifying pot...