ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,687, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of configuring lateral wireless charging chain for electric vehicle and apparatus and system therefor" was invented by Jae Young Lee (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of configuring a lateral wireless charging chain by a first vehicle includes detecting a second vehicle in which a lateral wireless charging chain is configurable, calculating a distance to the second vehicle, performing based on the calculated distance being within a first distance, lateral alignment control with the second vehicle, and performing ...