ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,894, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method for assigning vehicles to charging stations, and charging system" was invented by Musa Ceylan (Boblingen, Germany) and Osman Aydin (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assigning vehicles to charging stations involves a vehicle exchanging information with a charging station network, the information including at least vehicle configuration parameters and charging process information. The vehicle is assigned by a computing unit, taking into account the information, to a charging station to carry out a charging process. ...