US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on June 23 for "Autonomous vehicle for temporarily powering electric vehicles (EVs) on the road" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,005, issued on June 23, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Autonomous vehicle for temporarily powering electric vehicles (EVs) on the road" was invented by Aaron Williams (Congerville, Ill.), Joseph Robert Brannan (Bloomington, Ill.), John Donovan (Bloomington, Ill.) and Brian N. Harvey (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for charging an electric vehicle (EV) are described herein. An EV may require additional battery power to reach a charging station. A remote server in communication with the EV or an on-board computer or mobile device in the EV may o...