Apparatuses, systems, and methods for reducing power to ports of electronic devices
AssigneeHZO, Inc.
InventorBlake Stevens
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and systems for reducing or selectively terminating the power supplied to or the voltage present at the ports of electronic devices are disclosed. Methods, apparatuses and systems for reducing or terminating the power supplied to and, thus, the voltage across electrical contacts of one or more ports of a portable electronic device when the port is not in use may be effected in a variety of ways and may prevent corrosion or other moisture-induced damage to each port, and to the electronic device of which the port is a part.
Claims20
A voltage control element comprising:
- a device detector that detects whether a port of an electronic device is:
- connected to a device;
- or
- not connected to a device;
- a power controller that:
- provides a normal voltage state for the port in response to the device detector determining that the port is connected to a device;
- provides a reduced voltage state for the port in response to the device detector determining that the port is not connected to a device.
A system comprising:
- a first electronic device comprising a port, the port comprising one or more electrical connectors;
- a device detector that detects whether the port is:
- connected to a device;
- or
- not connected to a device;
- a power controller that:
- provides a normal voltage at the one or more electrical connectors in response to the device detector determining that the port is physically connected to a second electronic device;
- provides a reduced voltage at the one or more electrical connectors in response to the device detector determining that the port is not physically connected to the second device;
- and
- the second electronic device, physically separate from the first electronic device except for the port connector.
A method comprising:
- monitoring a port of an electronic device;
- determining whether the port is:
- connected to a second device separate from the electronic device;
- or
- not connected to the second device separate from the electronic device;
- providing a normal voltage state for the port in response to determining that the port is connected to the second device;
- providing a reduced voltage state for the port in response to determining that the port is not connected to the second device.
A port of an electronic device that reduces power available at the port when a connector is disconnected from the port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.