ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,472, issued on March 25, was assigned to GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Rechargeable device and charging method" was invented by Chen Tian (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rechargeable device and a charging method are disclosed. The rechargeable device includes a charging interface, a battery unit, a first switch unit and a second switch unit, a first control unit coupled to the first switch unit, and a second control unit coupled to the second switch unit. The first control unit is configured to control the first switch unit to be turned on in response to the charging path...