ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,018, issued on May 13, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Power transmission apparatus and wireless power transmission system" was invented by Yuki Shoji (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transmission apparatus includes a first switching element having a first and a second terminal, a first capacitor connected between the first terminal and the second terminal of the first switching element, and a power transmission inductor connected to the first switching element on a direct-current (DC) basis and configured to wirelessly transmit alternating-current (AC) power."
The patent was filed on Nov. 15, 2023, under...