ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,494, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Induction heating and wireless power transmitting apparatus having control algorithm" was invented by Seungbok Ok (Seoul, South Korea), Dooyong Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Hyunwook Moon (Seoul, South Korea) and Byeong Wook Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction heating and wireless power transmitting apparatus includes: a first working coil portion including first and second working coils that are connected in parallel; a first inverter configured to apply a resonant current to the first working coil and the second working co...