ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,235, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Wireless power transmission apparatus for induction heating and control method thereof" was invented by Hyunwook Moon (Seoul, South Korea), Euisung Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Yangkyeong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transmission apparatus for induction heating includes: a working coil that is configured to change operation based on selection of a mode of operation from among a plurality of operating modes, the plurality of operating modes including a wireless power transmission mode configured to wirelessly t...