ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,026, issued on May 13, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Non-contact power transmission system" was invented by Jin Katsuya (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-contact power transmission system includes an in-vehicle communication device, a power receiving device, and a control device. The in-vehicle communication device communicates with a roadside communication device placed around a traveling path of a vehicle. The power receiving device transfers and receives electric power transmitted in a non-contact manner between a power transmitting device and the power receiving device. The control device acquires...