ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,593, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Wireless power transfer device" was invented by Kyunghwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Seonghun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyoungseok Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Euisuk Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transfer device transmits wireless power to a wireless power reception device and comprises primary coils, transmitting wireless power by magnetically coupling to secondary coils of the wireless power reception device, and a shield protecting the wireless power transfer device from a magnetic field from at least one o...