ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,482, issued on April 8, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Grounded ferrite in wireless power systems" was invented by Alin Theodor Iacob (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Charging devices according to embodiments of the present technology may include a housing including an input configured to receive power from a power source and provide power to internal components of the charging device. The charging devices may include a ferrite. The ferrite may be coupled with electrical ground. The charging devices may also include a conductive coil seated in the ferrite. The conductive coil may be configured to ge...