US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on July 21 for "Electric vehicle supply equipment rectifier bypass for AC unit" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,289, issued on July 21, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Electric vehicle supply equipment rectifier bypass for AC unit" was invented by Kiyotaka Kawashima (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). More particularly, this disclosure describes a rectifier bypass for alternating current (AC) input. In one illustrative embodiment, the EVSE may include a rectifier converting incoming AC into direct current (DC). Connected to the rectifier may be a converter which converts DC from one voltage level to another for output to an outlet of the EVSE. Wh...