ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,068, issued on July 1, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Indication for protective charging mode" was invented by Vitalii Kramar (Woodinville, Wash.), Patrick L. Coffman (San Francisco) and Caelan G. Stack (Belmont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for a displaying a user interface including a visual indication that an electronic device is in a protective charging mode. While the electronic device is in a charging configuration with respect to an external power source, an energy-storage component of the electronic device is charged with power supplied by the ex...