ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,324, issued on July 28, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd. (Ningde, China) and CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Charging apparatus and control method thereof, and electric device and power supply system thereof" was invented by Bao Li (Shanghai) and Chuanhui Zhang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging apparatus includes a first port electrically connected to a charging port of an electric device that is configured to be electrically connected to an external charging device, a second port electrically connected to a power battery of the electric device, and a...