ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,439, issued on June 23, was assigned to SCANSTRUT Ltd. (Exeter, Great Britain).

"Wireless power system for portable electrical devices on marine vessels and land vessels" was invented by Thomas Charles Reed (Exeter, Great Britain) and George Bowles (Exeter, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for wirelessly powering an electrical device in a wet or outdoor environment from a wireless transmitter sealed to a mounting surface. The electrical device is in a portable housing removable from the surface, and includes a wireless receiver adjustably disposed in the housing to change the position of and to fix the receiver i...