ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,777, issued on March 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (South Korea).
"Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing power to storage devices" was invented by Sang Hun Jun (San Jose, Calif.) and Yang Seok Ki (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus may include a storage device including an interface to connect the storage device to a storage system, and a power control circuit configured to control a power transfer to the storage device. The power control circuit may be configured to control a power transfer to a power device. The power control circuit may be configured to monitor a charge state ...