Apple Files for Inductive Charging Patent. Earphones to Charge iPhones? | ITProPortal.com

Apple has filed a patent for technology that could allow future iOS devices to be charged by their earphones. Patently Apple, a blog dedicated towards unearthing patents related to Apple, discovered two Apple patents related to ‘Inductive Charging System’. An inductive charging system uses electronic magnetic energy to charge batteries, without the need of any wire or cord. The first Apple patent involves wrapping the earphone cord...