ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,047, issued on May 19.

"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 cells of identical mechanical size, multiple power pods each holding multiple power cells, and a mechanical transport system to move and exchange power cells with pumps at power cell exchange and charging stations. Each power cell and each power pod includes a control unit and a power converter with a magnetic core. The power cells held by a power pod are arranged parallel to each other and coupled to the power pod by magnetic field c...