ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,326, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to IFPL GROUP Ltd. (Isle of Wight, Great Britain).
"Apparatus for device charging" was invented by John Michael Wright (Isle of Wight, Great Britain) and Geoff Underwood (Isle of Wight, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for installation in a passenger transport vehicle for controlling a power charging outlet for a mobile electronic device (10), the apparatus comprising, a processor (5) and a switch (3), and the connector port (2), the switch arranged to control power supplied to the connector port and/or a data connection via the connector port, the processor configured to rec...