ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,337, issued on Aug. 25.
"Power supply system for electric vehicles" was invented by Yongxin Wang (San Ramon, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-vehicle power supply system includes multiple power pods each holding multiple power cells, and a mechanical transport system to exchange power cells. Each power cell includes a controller and a power converter with a coil wound around a through hole. Each power pod includes a controller and a power converter with a magnetic core having posts that pass through the through holes of the power cells. Multiple parts of the magnetic core can be opened to allow power cell exchange. The pow...