ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,285, issued on July 21, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Mobile modular battery charging and exchange system" was invented by Michael Jin Kim (Long Beach, Calif.), Robert Uyeki (Torrance, Calif.) and Peter Douglas Corey (Redondo Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for mobile charging and exchange includes a vehicle having a vehicle storage space and a selectively removable charging bin mounted into the vehicle storage space. The selectively removable charging bin has one or more form fitted receptacle slots for receiving a battery device and each receptacle slot has a connection therein to a...