US Patent Issued to Apple on July 22 for "Foldable and rigid docking stations for charging multiple devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,322, issued on July 22, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Foldable and rigid docking stations for charging multiple devices" was invented by Demetrios B. Karanikos (San Francisco), Christopher J. Walton (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Grant S. Haug (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wireless chargers that can properly align and securely hold an electronic device, provide power to more than one electronic device, and fold into a compact shape. One example can provide a wireless charger having an alignment feature to align an electronic device to the wireless charger. The wireless charger can further include a...