ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,148, issued on July 21, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Durable reduced-size power adapters" was invented by Bahram Raad (San Jose, Calif.), Cesar Lozano Villarreal (Campbell, Calif.), Mathieu P. Roy (Los Gatos, Calif.), Jose Del Carmen Jr. (San Jose, Calif.), Michael J. Reis (San Jose, Calif.), Mahmoud R. Amini (Redwood City, Calif.), Adam H Herzog (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Nikhil S. Pansare (Santa Clara, Calif.), Peter J. Cameron (Scotts Valley, Calif.), Balal Khan (Guilford, Conn.) and Kevin A. Oberther (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power adapters and other electronic devices that are durable and can pr...