ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,371, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Charging system and charging device" was invented by Toru Kimura (Offenbach/Am Main, Germany), Martin Kopp (Offenbach/Am Main, Germany), Christian Koebel (Offenbach/Am Main, Germany) and Hisashi Nagaoka (Offenbach/Am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a charging system including: a second power transmission unit; a moving mechanism that moves the second power transmission unit within a moving area including prescribed ranges within a plurality of parking spaces; and a power transmission control unit that, when a first electric vehicle is park...