ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,395, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Wireless power transfer system" was invented by Osamu Miki (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Tatsuya Hosotani (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transfer system includes a power transmission circuit that includes power transmission resonance mechanisms including power transmission coils and power transmission resonant capacitors, and a power reception circuit that includes a power reception resonance mechanism including a power reception coil that magnetically couples to the power transmission coils and a power reception reso...