ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,635, issued on April 29.
"Wireless charging system with a switchable magnetic core" was invented by Zaki Moussaoui (Micco, Fla.), Zelin Xu (San Jose, Calif.), Matthew J. Chabalko (Salinas, Calif.) and Nan Liu (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device in a wireless power system may be operable with a removable accessory such as a case. The device may convey wireless power to, from, or through the case while the device is coupled to the case. The device may have coplanar power transmitting and power receiving coils. The removable accessory may have an embedded switchable ferrimagnetic core and a coil that ov...