ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,586, issued on March 31, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Apparatus and methods for real-time resonance adaptation for power receiver" was invented by Hongming Lyu (Shanghai) and Aydin Babakhani (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wirelessly powered receiver system and sensors are described. In an embodiment, the power receiver system, includes an inductive coil that receives wireless power from an external transmitter, a capacitor bank that optimizes power transfer to an energy harvesting device, and a power-receiving frontend RF-DC rectifier with a periodically enabled closed ...