ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,169, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to INTEGRATED ROADWAYS IP LLC (Miami Beach, Fla.).
"Structural shroud for embedded wireless charger" was invented by Tim Sylvester (Kansas City, Mo.) and Tiziano Pedersoli (Overland Park, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roadway section for enabling dynamic wireless power transfer to a vehicle. The roadway section includes pavement material defining a driving surface for the vehicle, a wireless power charger including an electrically-conductive element embedded in the pavement material, and a shroud at least partially circumscribing the electrically-conductive element. The electrically-conduc...