ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,684, issued on June 9, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Coil unit" was invented by Jin Katsuya (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil unit includes a coil and a core member. The coil receives AC electric power transmitted in a contactless manner from an electric power transmission apparatus. The core member is formed of a directional magnetic material in sheet form. The core member is arranged on a rearward side of the coil when seen from the electric power transmission apparatus when the electric power transmission apparatus and the coil face each other. An outer shape of each of the coil and the core member...