ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,738, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Carry case apparatus with wireless charger" was invented by Vikram Malhotra (Portland, Ore.), Holli Pheil (Portland, Ore.) and Summer L. Schneider (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carry case can house multiple removable electronic devices and facilitate wireless power or data communication among the devices. The case can include a primary coil for inductively receiving energy from a source device, and a secondary coil for inductively providing energy to a target device. The case can include a control circuit or a storage circuit coupled with the p...