ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,626, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Inductive heating of batteries for charging" was invented by Randolph H. McHugh (Sullivan, Wis.), Gareth Mueckl (Milwaukee) and Tauhira Hoossainy (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack charger configured to heat a power tool battery pack, the battery pack charger comprising a housing, an adapter portion integrated with the housing of the battery pack charger, the adapter portion configured to mechanically and electrically connect to the power tool battery pack, and an inductive heater including a coil portion, the coil portion i...