US Patent Issued to Cochlear on Sept. 8 for "Inductive charging case" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,021, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).

"Inductive charging case" was invented by Kurt Forrester (Bangor, Australia), Nathan Isaacson (Balgowlah, Australia), Peter Sprada (Croydon, Australia) and Peter Russell (Regentville, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductive charging case in accordance with certain embodiments presented herein comprises a base and a lid mechanically coupled together via a hinge mechanism. When the inductive charging case is in a closed arrangement (e.g., the lid is positioned adjacent to the base), the lid and base collectively define an interior vol...