ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,972, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Power charging system and power charging method using adapter with built-in battery" was invented by Jaedeok Cha (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sunghun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jinsoo Ha (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging adapter according to an embodiment comprises: a first battery; and a charging circuit configured to charge the first battery with external power and generate first power, wherein in a fast charging mode, the charging circuit is configured to charge a second battery in an electronic d...