US Patent Issued to Apple on May 20 for "Wireless power transfer system, methods or devices" (New Zealander, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,667, issued on May 20, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Wireless power transfer system, methods or devices" was invented by Jeffrey Douglas Louis (Auckland, New Zealand), Juan Carlos Pastrana (Cupertino, Calif.), Zaid A. AbuKhalaf (Cupertino, Calif.) and Srinivasa V. Thirumalai Ananthan Pillai (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transmission system comprising a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. The wireless power receiving device is configured to enter a cloak state when a temporary pause in power transfer is desired. The wireless power receiving...