ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,971, issued on June 3, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Non-contact power receiver apparatus" was invented by Chun-Kil Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Yoon-Sang Kuk (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-contact power transmission apparatus accurately determines the kind of object that is placed on the charging deck of the non-contact power transmission apparatus, and, only when a non-contact power receiving apparatus is placed on the power transmission apparatus, allows power transmission and data communication to take place, thereby accurately determining the state of the receiver side and efficien...