US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Sept. 23 for "Power supply unit charging modes" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,864, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Power supply unit charging modes" was invented by Chee Kiong Fong (Saratoga, Calif.), Michael Roy Volkman (Seattle), Suet Fong Tin (Redmond, Wash.), Geoffrey Jason Shew (Redmond, Wash.), Edward Charles Giaimo III (Bellevue, Wash.) and Cindy-Kay Forsyth-Martinez (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply unit (PSU) configured to provide electrical power to an electronic device. The PSU may include a PSU control circuit configured to, via a power meter, detect that electrical power conveyed to the electronic device is ab...