ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,824, issued on May 19, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Voltage converter and charging device for limiting charging current" was invented by YoungHo Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongsu Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jongbeom Baek (Yangju-si, South Korea), Nomiyama Takahiro (Seoul, South Korea) and Junsuk Bang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage converter includes a charging circuit that includes a plurality of switches, and a first capacitor connected to a first node and that outputs an output voltage based on an input voltage, a switch controller that generates a ...