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US 10,454,280 B2Granted
Modular power supply with hot swappable portion
AssigneeTelcodium Inc.
InventorEric Morin
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Abstract
There is described a modular power supply and a method of connecting and disconnecting the modular parts thereof. First and second portions of the power supply may be connected and disconnected in a hot swap manner while the power supply is in operation.
Claims20
A power supply comprising:
- a first portion comprising a first set of components;
- a second portion comprising a second set of components, the first set of components and the second set of components together forming a power supply circuit, the first portion detachable from and connectable to the second portion while the power supply is in operation;
- at least one connector for connecting the first portion and the second portion;
- and
- a detecting unit provided at least in part on the second portion and configured for detecting an input feed into the first portion and for managing disconnecting and connecting of the first portion and the second portion while the power supply is in operation.
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A method for managing connecting and disconnecting of a first portion and a second portion of a modular power supply, the method comprising:
- monitoring an input feed into the first portion while the power supply is in operation, the first portion comprising a first set of components, the second portion comprising a second set of components, the first set of components and the second set of components together forming a power supply circuit;
- detecting when the input feed into the first portion transitions from active to inactive;
- switching off at least one component in the first portion or the second portion when the transition to inactive is detected;
- detecting when the input feed into the first portion transitions from inactive to active;
- and
- switching on the at least one component in the first portion or the second portion when the transition to active is detected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.