US Patent Issued on Sept. 8 for "Power transfer enabled winch system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,737, issued on Sept. 8.

"Power transfer enabled winch system" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.) and Todd Ansbacher (Westland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including a vehicle main battery, a wheel and tire assembly, an inductive charging device, and a cable is disclosed. The wheel and tire assembly may include a tire and a wheel. The inductive charging device may be mounted in the wheel and tire assembly. The inductive charging device may receive power from an inductive power source and transfer power to the vehicle main battery. The cable may vertically move the wheel and tire assembly between a lowered ...