US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on March 17 for "Under-floor charging station" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,390, issued on March 17, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Under-floor charging station" was invented by Cheng-Lung Wu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Sing-Tsung Li (Taichung City, Taiwan), Ren-Hau Wu (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Yang-Ann Chu (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Jiun-Rong Pai (Jhubei City, Taiwan) and Feng-Kuang Wu (Hsinchu County City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An under-floor charging station can be mounted under a floor such that a top plate of the under-floor charging station is substantially flush with a top surface of the floor without touching the ground. Openings in the to...