ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,971, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Power transmission coil unit" was invented by Osamu Yamashita (Toyota, Japan), Naoki Iwata (Kasugai, Japan), Shinjiro Saigusa (Toyota, Japan), Sungmin Cho (Susono, Japan), Katsuya Kobayashi (Okazaki, Japan) and Toshiya Hashimoto (Miyoshi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transmission coil unit provided with a board having at its back surface a component mounting part to which electronic components are mounted and a coil forming part at which a coil comprised of a conductor pattern is formed, a core arranged so as to abut against a back surface of ...