U.S. patent number D796,431 [Application Number D/530,060] was granted by the patent office on 2017-09-05 for battery charger. This patent grant is currently assigned to Delta-Q Technologies Corp.. The grantee listed for this patent is Delta-Q Technologies Corp.. Invention is credited to Jeff Douglas Everett, James Lennox Fox, Ngai Eric Lau, Alexander John Stone, Jonathan Eric Stroud.
United States Patent | D796,431 |
Lau , et al. | September 5, 2017 |
Inventors: | Lau; Ngai Eric (Burnaby, CA), Everett; Jeff Douglas (Vancouver, CA), Stroud; Jonathan Eric (Surrey, CA), Fox; James Lennox (Vancouver, CA), Stone; Alexander John (Burnaby, CA) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | Delta-Q Technologies Corp.
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Appl. No.: | D/530,060 | ||||||||||
Filed: | June 12, 2015 |
Current U.S. Class: | D13/107 |
Current International Class: | 1302 |
Field of Search: | ;D13/107-110,118-119,184 ;D14/251,253,432,434 |
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