ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,180, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to INTEGRATED ROADWAYS IP LLC (Miami Beach, Fla.).

"Attenuating 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 may include pavement material defining a driving surface for the vehicle, a wireless power charger with an electrically-conductive element, and a shroud at least partially circumscribing the electrically-conductive element. The wireless power charger and the shroud are embedded in ...