US Patent Issued to VOLKSWAGEN, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION on April 21 for "Devices, systems, and methods for wireless vehicle charging" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,035, issued on April 21, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany) and UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Knoxville, Tenn.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for wireless vehicle charging" was invented by Andrew P. Foote (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Daniel Costinett (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods related to wireless charging for transportation vehicles include a wireless charge assembly including a capacitor bank assembly, shielding body, and a coil assembly. The coil assembly can include a coil body having a plurality of shielding turns positioned which can be arranged to reduce stray...