ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,248, issued on April 14, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan), THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (Tokyo) and BRIDGESTONE Corp. (Tokyo).

"Power reception apparatus with relay coils arranged on tired wheel of vehicle" was invented by Hayato Sumiya (Kariya-city, Japan), Shimpei Takita (Kariya-city, Japan), Kazuhiro Uda (Kariya-city, Japan), Eisuke Takahashi (Kariya-city, Japan), Nobuhisa Yamaguchi (Kariya-city, Japan), Hiroshi Fujimoto (Tokyo), Osamu Shimizu (Tokyo), Yasumichi Wakao (Tokyo) and Isao Kuwayama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power reception apparatus is installable in a vehicle and configured to receive electric pow...