ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,026, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MITUTOYO Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Measuring instrument, wireless power transfer apparatus, and wireless power transfer system" was invented by Kinya Inoue (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable measuring instrument is a portable measuring instrument that receives power transferred from a wireless power transfer apparatus for transferring power wirelessly, the measuring instrument includes a plurality of power receiving antennas that receive power transmitted from the wireless power transfer apparatus, a posture detection part that detects a posture of the measuring instrume...