ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,674, issued on April 15.
"Methods and apparatuses for managing wireless energy sharing" was invented by Brendan Edward Clark (Rocky River, Ohio) and Ronald Charles Krosky (Cockeysville, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with wireless energy are described. In one embodiment, systems and methods can utilize a user input that can be used as a condition for transmitting energy wirelessly between devices. Energy sent wirelessly can be sent via inductive coupling. The energy transmission can be disabled based on a variety of rules such as timers, battery or power levels of a transmitter or...