US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 9 for "Power supply system, power supply apparatus, and power supply method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,743, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Power supply system, power supply apparatus, and power supply method" was invented by Daiki Yokoyama (Gotemba, Japan) and Toshiya Hashimoto (Miyoshi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The power supply system includes a plurality of power supply apparatuses configured to transmit power to vehicles by non-contact. The plurality of power supply apparatuses includes a first power supply apparatus installed in a first region positioned on a road directly connected to an exit of an area in which operation of internal combustion engines is prohibited or res...