ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,577, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Systems, methods, and apparatus for management of electrical energy transfer or distribution amongst a plurality of devices" was invented by Brian Woods (Brighton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for managing transfer or distribution of energy amongst a plurality of devices. The system includes one or more connectors configured to provide one or more connections to at least one of the plurality of devices, a switching device connected to the one or more connectors and confi...