ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,533, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Power device with flexible connection between a user interface assembly and an internal assembly" was invented by Le Gia Pham (Bellevue, Wash.), Nathan Farrell (Kirkland, Wash.), Daniel Charles Castillo (Kenmore, Wash.) and Vaughan Robson (Bothell, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power device having a tubular housing (112) and a wired communication assembly for coupling a user interface assembly (118) and an internal assembly (114). The wired communication assembly includes a flexible ribbon cable (116) having a first end portion (138) ...