ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,141, issued on May 27, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Enhanced wireless power transfer" was invented by Mehmet K. Nalbant (Cupertino, Calif.), Alireza Safaee (San Jose, Calif.), Jukka-pekka J. Sjoeroos (Cupertino, Calif.), Zaid A. AbuKhalaf (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Juan Carlos Pastrana (Chandler, Ariz.) and Alexei E. Kosut (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wireless power transfer devices may be configured to negotiate with each other to operate. For example, a wireless power standard may provide for various levels of power delivery, various frequencies for power transfer, various operating voltages, and s...