ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,172, issued on May 12, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Wireless power supply apparatus" was invented by Masaya Takahashi (Kariya-city, Japan), Mitsuru Shibanuma (Kariya-city, Japan), Yusei Nakayashiki (Kariya-city, Japan), Eisuke Takahashi (Kariya-city, Japan), Kazuyoshi Obayashi (Kariya-city, Japan) and Nobuhisa Yamaguchi (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power supply apparatus that supplies power to a reception apparatus in a wireless manner, the wireless power supply apparatus including: a power source apparatus that outputs an AC power, a transmission coil electrically connected to the pow...