ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,746, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Antenna and electromagnetic shield disposed on a flexible circuit substrate" was invented by James Cook (Poland, Ohio) and Evan Wallace (Royal Oak, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transmitter includes a source coil and a planar short range communication antenna overlaying the source coil. The antenna further includes an antenna element disposed on a first surface of a flexible substrate and a plurality of parallel conductive traces disposed on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface. The plurality o...