ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,205, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Electronic apparatus and charging method thereof" was invented by Youngjae Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus may include: batteries; a charger configured to charge the batteries; a switch network electrically connected to the batteries; and a charging controller configured to control the switch network to change a connection relationship between the batteries and to control the charger to charge the batteries while the batteries are in the changed connection relationship."
The patent was filed o...