US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on March 17 for "Communication sequence control between vehicle and power facility" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,907, issued on March 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Communication sequence control between vehicle and power facility" was invented by Keisuke Kanamaru (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle is configured to be capable of performing external charging for charging the battery by a power facility provided outside the vehicle. The vehicle includes a storage device and a control device. The storage device stores certificate data for permitting execution of external charging. The control device controls a communication sequence executed between the power facility and the vehicle before the s...