ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,933, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CYNTEC Co. LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Wireless charger having thermoelectric cooler chips for dissipating heat" was invented by Tsung-Chan Wu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Yen-Ming Liu (Changhua County, Taiwan) and Chien-Hui Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless charger comprises atop cover; a metallic case; and a first thermoelectric cooler chip, disposed between a bottom surface of the top cover and a top surface of the metallic case to form a heat conductive path from the top cover to the metallic case via the first thermoelectric cooler chip for dissipating heat generated ...