ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,280, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Translatable induction charging system" was invented by Michael John Harmon (Northville, Mich.), Jacob Michael Haspiel (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Hussain Z Tajmahal (Detroit).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductive charging system has an ability to translate a primary coil in three dimensions using three actuators. This permits the charging system to align a primary coil with a secondary coil despite a vehicle not being precisely positioned with respect to the charging system. The charging system utilizes three variable length legs. Each leg const...