ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,319, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Wireless power transfer system" was invented by Toshiya Hashimoto (Miyoshi, Japan), Masato Maemura (Nisshin, Japan), Shogo Tsuge (Fuji, Japan) and Ryosuke Ikemura (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transfer system includes: a supply device that is provided on a road and transfers power; and a vehicle that is equipped with a power reception device and travels on the road, so that the power reception device wirelessly receives power from the supply. Further, the vehicle includes a processor, which determines whether a total numb...