US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 8 for "Charging and power supply device using a connector and multiple paths for supplying power" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,740, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Charging and power supply device using a connector and multiple paths for supplying power" was invented by Wataru Nakayama (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a connector connected to a charging and power supply port of a vehicle having a power storage device; a charging path for supplying power from a power supply PS to the vehicle through the connector to charge the power storage device; a power supply path for supplying power from the power storage device to th...