ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,703, issued on May 27, was assigned to BRIDGESTONE Corp. (Tokyo).
"Wireless power reception system, tire/wheel assembly, and tire" was invented by Isao Kuwayama (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power reception system includes a power transmission device, a power reception device, a wheel with a rim, and a tire mounted on the rim. The tire includes a bead core and a bead filler, a tire width direction cross-sectional area S1 of the bead filler is one to eight times a tire width direction cross-sectional area S2 of the bead core, the power transmission device can transmit electric power with a frequency of 1000 kHz or l...