ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,576, issued on June 16, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Charge port cover for electric vehicle" was invented by David Boyd (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle (EV) includes a battery pack, at least one DC charge port to connect to a DC voltage source and charge the battery pack, and a cover that covers the at least one DC charge port. The cover includes a fixed portion and a movable portion that is connected to the fixed portion. The movable portion is movable about an axis. A receptacle of the at least one DC charge port is on a side of the axis spaced away from the fixed portion of the ...