ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,099, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Soreq Nuclear Research Center (Yavne, Israel).

"Wireless enhanced power transfer" was invented by Michael Wolf (Petach Tikva, Israel) and Boris Ginzburg (Rehovot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transfer (WPT) transmitter comprising: a power transmission coil having an axis; a power source operable to generate a time varying current in the power transmission coil that generates a time varying magnetic B field; and an eddy current conductor shaped and positioned to generate eddy currents responsive to the time varying current in the power transmission coil that enhance th...