ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,486, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to BETA Air LLC (South Burlington, Vt.).
"Wireless charging of an electric aircraft" was invented by John Charles Palombini (South Burlington, Vt.), Richard Donnelly (South Burlington, Vt.), Jake Pill (South Burlington, Vt.) and Edward Hall (South Burlington, Vt.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle charger, comprising: a transmitter coil electrically connected to an energy source and configured to inductively couple to a receiver coil on the electric vehicle; a proximity sensor configured to generate alignment data regarding the receiver coil on the electric vehicle and the transmit...