ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,322, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"In-motion power supply control device" was invented by Toshiya Hashimoto (Miyoshi, Japan), Masato Maemura (Nisshin, Japan), Shogo Tsuge (Fuji, Japan) and Ryosuke Ikemura (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-motion power supply control device includes a processor, which limits a continuous power supply time for a vehicle in motion to a predetermined value or less in a case where a supply device that transfers power to the vehicle in motion includes no foreign object detection unit."
The patent was filed on Dec. 27, 2023, under Application No....