US Patent Issued to NuCurrent on June 30 for "Wireless power transfer systems for kitchen appliances" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,273, issued on June 30, was assigned to NuCurrent Inc. (Chicago).

"Wireless power transfer systems for kitchen appliances" was invented by Mark Melone (Frankfort, Ill.), Alberto Peralta (Chicago) and Michael Katz (Glen Ellyn, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kitchen appliance is disclosed includes a first electrical component, a second electrical component, and a wireless power receiver system. The wireless power receiver system includes a first receiver antenna configured to couple with a first transmission antenna and receive virtual AC power signals from the first transmission antenna. A second receiver antenna is configured ...