Patents Examined by John Trischler
  • Charging system for vehicles where the charging coils are coupled through the vehicle license plate
    Patent number: 9145063
    Abstract: A system for charging an electric vehicle includes a vehicle-side transformer part arranged behind a license plate of the vehicle. The vehicle-side transformer part couples with a charging station-side transformer part through the license plate when the charging station-side transformer part is arranged in front of the license plate such that electrical energy can be transferred through the transformer parts to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Joerg Welschholz