ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,378, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to IHI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Coil device, and contactless power supply system" was invented by Masakazu Hara (Tokyo) and Susumu Tokura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power-receiving coil device is installed inside an exposed part housing. The power-receiving coil device includes a power-receiving-side coil part that receives power from a power-transmitting-side coil part of a power-transmitting coil device, and a power-receiving-side core magnetic body. The power-receiving-side coil part has a first power-receiving coil and a second power-receiving coil which are arranged along a direction of a c...