ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,778, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (Tokyo), BRIDGESTONE Corp. (Tokyo) and NSK Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Wireless power transfer system, power transmission device, and power reception device" was invented by Hiroshi Fujimoto (Tokyo), Osamu Shimizu (Tokyo), Keizo Akutagawa (Tokyo), Yasumichi Wakao (Tokyo), Isao Kuwayama (Tokyo) and Daisuke Gunji (Fujisawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transfer system 1 includes a power transmission device 2 and a power reception device 3. The power transmission device 2 is a power transmission device 2 installed in a road 4, is provided with a power transmission...