US Patent Issued to Integrated Roadways on March 18 for "Roadway section having embedded wireless charge elements" (Kansas, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,022, issued on March 18, was assigned to Integrated Roadways LLC (Kansas City, Mo.).

"Roadway section having embedded wireless charge elements" was invented by Tim Sylvester (Kansas City, Mo.) and Tiziano Pedersoli (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roadway section enables dynamic wireless power transfer to a vehicle. The roadway section comprises pavement material and a wireless power charger. The pavement material defines a pavement section volume having a top surface on which the vehicle traverses and side surfaces. The wireless power charger includes a conductive element located at least partially within the p...