ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,580, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Wireless power transfer system" 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: "A wireless power transfer system wirelessly transfers power from a supply device to a vehicle, the supply device including a primary device that transfers power and being provided on a road, the vehicle being equipped with a power reception device that includes a secondary device and traveling on the road by the power received from the supply device. Fur...