ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,012, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Universal serial bus adapter with quick charging" was invented by Mahesh Hooli (San Jose, Calif.), Shengjun Hu (Shanghai) and Dibyendu Nandy (San Ramon, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and devices for a USB power adapter to provide power to meet requirements of a user device and identify the power adapter to the user device when connected are described. The systems include a USB adapter having a power, ground, and first and second signal connectors. The first and second signal connectors are connected to an integrated circuit of the USB adapter...