ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,103, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to GE Hybrid Technologies LLC (San Francisco).

"Apparatus and method for detecting foreign objects in wireless power transmission system" was invented by Chun-Kil Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Sug Ky Hong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present invention relate to an apparatus and method for detecting foreign objects in a wireless power transmission system. This specification provides a wireless power reception apparatus for detecting foreign objects, including a power measurement unit for generating required power information indicative of required power for the...