ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,473, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Electronic device having structure to minimize power loss during battery charging and discharging" was invented by Sungwoo Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gunhee Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yongsuk Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, an electronic device may include a battery pack including a charging terminal, a discharging terminal, and at least one battery cell. A first substrate is connected to the charging terminal and a second substrate is connected to the discharging terminal. An ex...