ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,311, issued on April 7, was assigned to Urban Intel Inc. (Seattle).
"Access control system for electric vehicle charging" was invented by Chris Outwater (Carpinteria, Calif.) and William Gibbens Redmann (Glendale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access control system for electric vehicle charging is provided that includes an access device, a secure reservation interface, a reservation server and a smartphone application installed on the smartphone. The access device includes a short-range wireless communication module connected to a processor having control of an electric vehicle charger. The secure reservation interface rec...