US Patent Issued to NuCurrent on July 21 for "Power capability detection for wireless power transmission based on receiver power request" (Illinois, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,243, issued on July 21, was assigned to NuCurrent Inc. (Chicago).

"Power capability detection for wireless power transmission based on receiver power request" was invented by Mark Melone (Frankfort, Ill.), Andrew Kovacs (Lafayette, Ind.) and Jason Green (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transmitter for wireless power transfer includes a control and communications unit, an inverter circuit, a coil, and a shielding. The control and communications unit is configured to provide power control signals to control a power level of a power signal configured for transmission to a power receiver, receive a receiver power re...