04-09-2020, 08:31 PM
https://www.cultofmac.com/700575/apple-m...ch-patent/
Apple hasn’t abandoned the idea of building reverse wireless chargers into its devices. It’s been considering for years the idea of enabling a MacBook to send power to an iPhone without the hassle of wires. And the ability to recharge another handset, or an Apple Watch, was supposed to be a feature of the iPhone 11, but it didn’t happen.
Nevertheless, undeniable evidence that Apple engineers are still working on the technology came to light on Thursday.
Apple still pursuing two-way inductive charging
On Dec. 5, 2019, Apple submitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office a filing for Inductive Charging Between Electronic Devices. This is actually only an update to a filing made in July of 2018 with the same name. And the company first floated the idea back 2015.
Still, it demonstrates that Apple continued actively researching building two-way inductive charging into future MacBook, iPad and iPhone models as recently as last winter.
Apple hasn’t abandoned the idea of building reverse wireless chargers into its devices. It’s been considering for years the idea of enabling a MacBook to send power to an iPhone without the hassle of wires. And the ability to recharge another handset, or an Apple Watch, was supposed to be a feature of the iPhone 11, but it didn’t happen.
Nevertheless, undeniable evidence that Apple engineers are still working on the technology came to light on Thursday.
Apple still pursuing two-way inductive charging
On Dec. 5, 2019, Apple submitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office a filing for Inductive Charging Between Electronic Devices. This is actually only an update to a filing made in July of 2018 with the same name. And the company first floated the idea back 2015.
Still, it demonstrates that Apple continued actively researching building two-way inductive charging into future MacBook, iPad and iPhone models as recently as last winter.
