# US 10,120,821 B2 · Coupling system for electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,120,821 B2 - Document ID: US10120821B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/249,484 - Filed: 2016-08-29 - Published: 2017-08-03 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-01-30 - Assignees: Hongfujin Precision Electronics (Chongqing) Co., Ltd.; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Hongfujin Precision Electronics(Chongqing)Co. Ltd; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ching-Chung Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10120821B2 ## CPC - G06F 13/364: using independent requests or grants, e.g. using separated request and grant lines - G06F 13/4081: {Live connection to bus, e.g. hot-plugging (current or voltage limitation during live insertion H02H9/004)} - G06F 13/4247: {on a daisy chain bus} - G06F 13/4282: {on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus (on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic device coupling system includes a plurality of electronic devices and an external power supply. The plurality of electronic devices includes a master device and a plurality of slave devices coupleable to the master device one by one. Each electronic device has a sequence number according to an insertion sequence, the sequence number is corresponds to all the information of local electronic device, the sequence numbers of the plurality of electronic devices are sorted according to the insertion sequence, the sequence number of the master device is a first number of the sequence, and the master device is coupleable to at least one slave device by the sequence number and all the information corresponding to the sequence number. The at least one slave device is a customized group of the master device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device coupling system, the system comprising: a plurality of electronic devices inserted together, the plurality of electronic devices comprises: a master device; and a plurality of slave devices inserted with the master device one by one in at least a chain; wherein each electronic device has a sequence number according to an insertion sequence, the sequence number is corresponds to all the information of local electronic device, the sequence numbers of the plurality of electronic devices are sorted according to the insertion sequence, the sequence number of the master device is a first number of the sequence, and the master device is coupleable to at least one slave device by the sequence number and all the information corresponding to the sequence number; the at least one slave device is a customized group of the master device; and wherein the master device corresponds to a plurality of customized groups, each customized group includes a different slave device assembly, and each customized group has a different group code stored in the master device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device coupling system of claim 1, wherein the group code of each customized group is displayed on the master device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic device coupling system of claim 2, wherein the master device is coupleable to all the slave devices of any one customized group by select a corresponding group code of the customized group. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device coupling system of claim 1, wherein each slave device is capable of selecting other electronic devices to be a local customized group, and the slave device is a new master device of the local customized group. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device coupling system of claim 1, wherein each electronic device comprises a control module, a control bus, and a storage unit, the storage unit stores all the information, and when each slave device is inserted in the at least a chain, the slave device is mapped with the master device through the control bus and all the information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device coupling system of claim 5, wherein when each slave device is mapped with the master device, a slave symbol corresponding to the mapped slave device is stored and displayed on the master device, and master device adds the slave device into a corresponding customized group by selecting a corresponding slave symbol. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The electronic device coupling system of claim 5, wherein each electronic device comprises a hot-plug detection port configured to detect an insertion between two electronic devices, when the hot-plug detection port detects the insertion between two electronic devices, the control module of the master device allocates a new sequence number to the slave device, and the slave device stores the new sequence number and connects the new sequence number to local all the information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The electronic device coupling system of claim 5, wherein each electronic device comprises a plurality of bus-bars, each bus-bar has a plurality of types coupling ports, the plurality of bus-bars are arranged on at least three different directions, and each coupling port of any bus-bar in any electronic device is capable of inserting into a corresponding coupling port in another electronic device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device coupling system of claim 8, wherein the master device is capable of being inserted with a plurality of slave devices in any direction of the at least three different directions, and each inserted slave device is capable of being inserted with a plurality of other slave devices in any direction of the at least three different directions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The electronic device coupling system of claim 8, wherein each bus-bar comprises a hot-plug detection port configured to detect an insertion between two electronic devices, when the hot-plug detection port detects the insertion between two electronic devices, the plurality of types coupling ports of the bus-bar corresponding to the hot-plug detection port are switched on. ### Claim 11 An electronic device coupling system, the system comprising: a plurality of electronic devices inserted together, the plurality of electronic devices comprises: a master device; and a plurality of slave devices inserted with the master device one by one in at least a chain; wherein each electronic device has a sequence number according to an insertion sequence, the sequence number is corresponds to all the information of local electronic device, the sequence numbers of the plurality of electronic devices are sorted according to the insertion sequence, the sequence number of the master device is a first number of the sequence; the master device is capable of setting a plurality of customized groups, and each customized group has at least one slave device; and the master device is coupleable to the at least one slave device in any one customized group by the sequence number and all the information corresponding to the sequence number; and wherein each customized group includes a different slave device assembly, and each customized group has a different group code stored in the master device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic device coupling system of claim 11, wherein the group code of each customized group is displayed on the master device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic device coupling system of claim 12, wherein the master device is coupleable to all the slave devices of any one customized group by selecting a corresponding group code of the customized group. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The electronic device coupling system of claim 11, wherein each slave device is capable of selecting other electronic devices to be a local customized group, and the slave device is a new master device of the local customized group. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The electronic device coupling system of claim 11, wherein each electronic device comprises a control module, a control bus, and a storage unit, the storage unit stores all the information, and when each slave device is inserted in the at least a chain, the slave device is mapped with the master device through the control bus and all the information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electronic device coupling system of claim 15, wherein when each slave device is mapped with the master device, a slave symbol corresponding to the mapped slave device is stored and displayed on the master device, and master device adds the slave device into a corresponding customized group by selecting a corresponding slave symbol. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The electronic device coupling system of claim 15, wherein each electronic device comprises a hot-plug detection port configured to detect an insertion between two electronic devices, when the hot-plug detection port detects the insertion between two electronic devices, the control module of the master device allocates a new sequence number to the slave device, and the slave device stores the new sequence number and connects the new sequence number to local all the information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The electronic device coupling system of claim 15, wherein each electronic device comprises a plurality of bus-bars, each bus-bar has a plurality of types coupling ports, the plurality of bus-bars are arranged on at least three different directions, and each coupling port of any bus-bar in any electronic device is capable of inserting into a corresponding coupling port in another electronic device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electronic device coupling system of claim 18, wherein the master device is capable of being inserted with a plurality of slave devices in any direction of the at least three different directions, and each inserted slave device is capable of being inserted with a plurality of other slave devices in any direction of the at least three different directions. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The electronic device coupling system of claim 18, wherein each bus-bar comprises a hot-plug detection port configured to detect an insertion between two electronic devices, when the hot-plug detection port detects the insertion between two electronic devices, the plurality of types coupling ports of the bus-bar corresponding to the hot-plug detection port are switched on.