ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,017, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Method and apparatus for charging a battery" was invented by Ku-Chul Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Erik Wilson Maier (Scarborough, Maine), Oscar Freitas (Cumberland, Maine), Kisun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Chul-Eun Yun (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Kwang-Sub Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided comprising: detecting a connection between an electronic device and a battery charger; transmitting to the battery charger a first request for at least one of a first voltage level and a first current ...