ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,457, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Aeterlink Corp. (Tokyo).
"Wireless power supply device" was invented by Yuji Tanabe (Tokyo) and Naoto Kodate (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power-supply device is configured to realize a variety of radiation patterns. The wireless power-supply device includes; a meta-surface including a plurality of waveguide patches and a plurality of switches arranged in association with the plurality of waveguide patches; a control device for controlling a state of power supply to the plurality of switches; and an antenna for emitting electromagnetic waves for transmitting power. The wireless...