ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,254, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Contactless power supply system, power transmission apparatus, power reception apparatus" was invented by Masaya Takahashi (Kariya-city, Japan), Yusei Nakayashiki (Kariya-city, Japan), Mitsuru Shibanuma (Kariya-city, Japan), Hidetoshi Yamada (Kariya-city, Japan) and Nobuhisa Yamaguchi (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contactless power supply system is provided with a transmission apparatus, and a reception apparatus to which the transmission apparatus supplies power in a contactless manner. The reception apparatus includes: a secondary resonant ...