US Patent Issued to QUALCOMM on March 11 for "Adaptive power systems and techniques" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,859, issued on March 11, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Adaptive power systems and techniques" was invented by Georgios Konstantinos Paparrizos (Foster City, Calif.), Haoyan Li (San Diego) and Cheong Kun (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is disclosed for adaptively providing power. In example implementations, an apparatus includes a power adapter coupler, at least one transistor, a first charger, and a second charger. The first charger and the second charger are coupled between the power adapter coupler and the transistor. The apparatus also includes a first switch, a second switch, and a charging c...