US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 2 for "Ground power supply device, moving body, and abnormality determination device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,972, issued on June 2, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).

"Ground power supply device, moving body, and abnormality determination device" was invented by Toshiya Hashimoto (Miyoshi, Japan) and Daiki Yokoyama (Gotemba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground power supply device includes a power transmission device, a ground-side communication device, and a power transmission control device. The power transmission device performs contactless power supply to a moving body including a power reception device. The ground-side communication device communicates directly or indirectly with the moving body. The power ...