ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,574, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to IHI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Coil device" was invented by Kenji Nishimura (Tokyo) and Susumu Tokura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil device includes a main unit in which a coil that wirelessly transmits or receives electric power is accommodated in a main housing fixed to an installation target, and a sub-unit in which an electrical function unit that provides the main unit with an electrical function performed by at least one of an electric component and an electronic component is accommodated in a sub-housing detachably configured to be attached to the main housing. The main unit includes ...