ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,974, issued on June 2, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Systems and methods for wireless charging of industrial equipment" was invented by Kevin Cherry (Robesonia, Pa.), Justin Stone (Frisco, Texas), Larry Joe Robb (Mount Juliet, Tenn.), Emily Vetterick (Seattle) and Ian Simpson (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for wireless charging of industrial equipment. In one embodiment, an example system may include a first mat configured to wirelessly charge a first device and a second device, the first mat having a first charging coil disposed in a first reg...