ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,384, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Method for analyzing a charging process of an electrical energy storage apparatus by a charging apparatus" was invented by Felix Marsteller (Braunschweig, Germany), Martin Obholz (Lehre, Germany) and Martin Schachel (Konigslutter, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for analyzing a charging process of an electrical energy storage apparatus by a charging apparatus, by means of which electrical energy may be provided via a charging link for the energy storage apparatus, wherein a communication link is provided between the ...