ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,028, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to THE ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (Valencia, Calif.).

"Inductive link coil de-tuning compensation and control" was invented by Glen A. Griffith (Newbury Park, Calif.), Ricardo M. Matias (Castaic, Calif.) and Leslie Farkas (Ventura, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductive wireless power transfer and communication system includes an electrostatic shield for one of the coils. The electrostatic shield is inductively coupled with the coil and is configured as an open circuit. A signal processing element or elements, especially a modulator or a demodulator, are connecte...