ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,656, issued on May 20, was assigned to POWERMAT TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Neve Ilan, Israel).
"Pinless power coupling" was invented by Yossi Azancot (Jerusalem), Amir Ben-Shalom (Modiin, Israel), Oola Greenwald (Mevasseret Zion, Israel) and Arik Rofe (Jerusalem).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pinless power plug for receiving wireless power from a pinless power jack may comprise at least one secondary coil for inductively coupling with a primary coil. The primary coil may be associated with the pinless power jack. The primary coil may be shielded behind an insulating layer. The pinless power plug may comprise an annular magnetic anchor arra...