ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,232, issued on July 21, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Induction charger" was invented by Brian Shanahan Moran (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations of chargers are provided herein for inductively charging an electronic device. In some implementations, the charger includes: a housing having an interior and a charging region configured to receive a portion of the electronic device; a substrate positioned within the interior; a cable configured to connect to a power source to provide energy to the charger; and an inductor member positioned within the interior. The inductor member receiv...