ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,202, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Space-efficient structures for multi-port power adapters" was invented by Adam H. Herzog (Los Altos, Calif.), Cesar Lozano Villarreal (Campbell, Calif.), Johnathan D. Simeroth (San Jose, Calif.), Mahmoud R. Amini (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Mathieu P. Roy (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Michael J. Reis (San Jose, Calif.), Patrick M. DalCanto (San Jose, Calif.), Rui Zhou (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Sharif S. Chang (Cupertino, Calif.) and Shayla Schoensee (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power adapters having a small-form factor, can deliver a large amount of power, can c...