ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,074, issued on July 1, was assigned to CyberSwitchingPatents LLC (San Jose, Calif.).
"Battery charger system" was invented by Ron Silorio (Pittsburg, Calif.), Charles Henry Reynolds (Morgan Hill, Calif.) and Ximing Shi (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery charger system includes multiple power channels to accommodate multiple battery chargers through a power input port. Each power channel includes a power outlet electrically coupled to the power input port through a relay. Each power channel further includes a current sensor. A controller is configured to estimate current in each of the power channels using the se...