ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,038, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & Co. KG (Bruchsal, Germany).

"System for transmitting electrical energy" was invented by Jochen Mahlein (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Andreas Boser (Bruchsal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for transmitting electrical energy from an energy source to a consumer, e.g., for contactlessly transmitting energy to a mobile consumer, includes a first line conductor and a second line conductor. Each line conductor has, in a respective axial direction, an at least approximately rectangular cross-section, the long sides of which are longer than the broad sides. The axial di...