US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Sept. 1 for "Contactless power transmission system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,505, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Contactless power transmission system" was invented by Jin Katsuya (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contactless power transmission system includes a power transmitting unit, a power transmission power conversion unit, and a power transmission side control device. The power transmitting unit has a primary coil for sending out AC power to be transmitted to a power receiving device in a non-contact manner. The power transmission power conversion unit has a plurality of transistors connected to the primary coil. The power transmission power conversion uni...