US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 4 for "Front trunk configured to facilitate wireless charging" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,438, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Front trunk configured to facilitate wireless charging" was invented by Michael John Harmon (Northville, Mich.), Jesse Rene Diephuis (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Ryan Wayne Warner (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a front trunk configured to facilitate wireless charging. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a motor vehicle, including: a front trunk including a wireless charger configured to wirelessly charge an electronic device adjacent the front trunk."

The patent was filed on Aug. ...