ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,894, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Innovation Technologies Partners LP (Austin, Texas).
"Vehicle charging path optimization systems and methods" was invented by Gary Ellison (San Mateo, Calif.) and Mark Kokes (Danville, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for determining an optimal path and/or route to a destination for a vehicle. Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein facilitate intelligent route planning to a desired destination by a vehicle. In certain embodiments, a path and/or route to a desired destination is determined that accounts for vehicle charging and/or refueling...