ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,402, issued on March 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Charging system and charging method" was invented by Kento Iwahori (Nagoya, Japan) and Daiki Yokoyama (Miyoshi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging system includes a remote control unit runs the vehicle in the manufacturing process of the factory, the vehicle being capable of running on a track in the factory by remote control, the vehicle including a communication device and a secondary battery for running the vehicle on the track is mounted on the vehicle before running the track; a manufacturing status acquiring unit acquires a manufacturin...