The idea of wireless charging might not be as farfetched if Apple has its way.
Plans of a wireless charger are currently in the patent phases based on an application submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office.
"Historically, transferring power wirelessly has been successful for fairly limited applications," stated the patent document filed on Nov. 10. "In particular, only those applications where a wireless power source and a wireless power receiver are located very close to each other have been successful. In this arrangement, the wireless power source and the wireless power receiver are typically coupled inductively by way of a magnetic field that can entangle both the power source and receiver."
The wireless charging will be assisted by a "near field magnetic resonance (NFMR) power supply" which will be arranged to provide power to any configured device.
However, there could be trouble with the charging due to environmental factors. According to the filing, metallic objects can interfere with the NFMR power supply and can affect the efficiency in powering the device.
A positive on the NFMR is the charging could help charge keyboards and mouses that run on batteries.
The news comes during a busy month for Apple when it comes to patents, namely the worldwide patent infringement trial with Samsung.
As Latinos Post reported, Apple filed for the Californian courts to ban the Galaxy S3, Galaxy S3 Mini, Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9 Wi-Fi after Samsung filed a notion to include the iPad Mini, iPad 4, and iPod Touch Fifth Generation to the trial on Nov. 21.
Apple stated if the request Samsung products are not added to the existing trial then they'll file a new lawsuit to then add the requested Galaxy devices.
Apple earlier this week won a patent infringement case in the Netherlands that will ban Samsung devices using the Android 2.1 to Android 3.0 operating systems that also use Samsung's photo gallery software. A different court date will determine if Samsung has to pay Apple any fees, similar to the US verdict back in August. However, IDG News Service noted Samsung will have to pay up to $129,000 for every day it has violated the ban, based on court rulings.
Latinos Post will continue to cover the patent infringement trials and news on Apple's wireless charging plans.
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