ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,468, issued on March 18, was assigned to Battelle Energy Alliance LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho).

"Electromagnetic shield designs for high power wireless charging of electric vehicles and related shields, vehicles, systems, and methods" was invented by Bo Zhang (Salt Lake City) and Richard W. Carlson (Rigby, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electromagnetic shields, vehicles, wireless charging systems, and related methods are disclosed. An electromagnetic shield includes a shield member including a coil side to face one or more inductive coils. The electromagnetic shield also includes one or more perimeter shield members configured in ...