ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,067, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to INTDEVICE Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Wireless power transfer" was invented by Li Jun Yu (Auckland, New Zealand), Hao Hao (Auckland, New Zealand) and Anton Van Vugt (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductive power transfer receiver comprising: a receiving coil, a tuned circuit comprising the receiving coil, and a transformer sub-circuit connected to the tuned circuit, the transformer sub-circuit comprising a transformer primary side and a transformer secondary side, wherein in use, the transformer sub-circuit: reduces current in the receiving coil, improves power fact...