US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO on March 24 for "Vehicle charging apparatus, vehicle charging control method, and vehicle charging system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,345, issued on March 24, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Vehicle charging apparatus, vehicle charging control method, and vehicle charging system" was invented by Akihiro Sato (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect of a vehicle charging apparatus, a vehicle charging control method, and a vehicle charging system of the present invention, there is provided a charging circuit, an input side of the charging circuit being connected to an external power source via a first switching device and an output side of the charging circuit being connected to a vehicle driving battery in the orde...