ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,985, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Multi-input electric vehicle charging system" was invented by Kevin Mackenzie (Canton, Mich.) and Kevin Higgins (Waterford, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch arrangement is operable to, as a result of an AC power source being electrically connected with terminals of a charge port of a vehicle, configure the terminals to pass three-phase AC current for an onboard charger of the vehicle, and as a result of a DC power source being connected with some of the terminals, configure the some of the terminals to pass DC current for a traction ...