US Patent Issued to Apple on May 12 for "Inductive coil assemblies for electronic devices and accessories" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,170, issued on May 12, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Inductive coil assemblies for electronic devices and accessories" was invented by Daniel J. Hiemstra (San Francisco), Zaki Moustafa (San Francisco) and Zelin Xu (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Inductive coil assemblies for wireless power transfer can be provided for an electronic device having a slot to receive an accessory and an accessory having an attachment region that is insertable into the slot. The inductive coil assembly of the device can extend along a sidewall of the slot. The inductive coil assembly of the accessory can extend along one...