ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,997, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Contactless electric power transmission system" was invented by Jin Katsuya (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contactless electric power transmission system includes an electric power reception device and a control device. The electric power reception device receives electric power transmitted in a contactless manner between the electric power reception device and an electric power transmission device. The control device sets, in a coupling zone in which a coupling degree between a primary side coil of the electric power transmission device and a secon...