US 2024/0196551 A1Published application

Hot-swappable electronic device and method for preventing crash of the same

AssigneeGetac Technology Corporation

InventorCHUN-CHI WANG

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Abstract

A hot-swappable electronic device and a method for preventing crash of the same are provided. The method includes: detecting, by a controller, whether or not the hot-swappable electronic device is in a power-on state; detecting, by the controller, whether or not a power connection port is connected to an alternating current power source when the hot-swappable electronic device is in the power-on state; detecting, by a first sensor and a second sensor, whether or not a first battery leaves a first battery installation groove and a second battery leaves a second battery installation groove when the power connection port is not connected to the alternating current power source; and lowering, by the controller, a system power consumption of the hot-swappable electronic device when the first battery leaves the first battery installation groove or the second battery leaves the second battery installation groove.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A hot-swappable electronic device, comprising:

a first battery installation groove;
a first battery installed in the first battery installation groove;
a second battery installation groove;
a second battery installed in the second battery installation groove;
a power connection port;
a controller electrically connected to the power connection port;
a first sensor electrically connected to the controller and assembled in the first battery installation groove, wherein the first sensor sends a first trigger signal to the controller when the first battery leaves the first battery installation groove;
and
a second sensor electrically connected to the controller and assembled in the second battery installation groove, wherein the second sensor sends a second trigger signal to the controller when the second battery leaves the second battery installation groove;
wherein the controller is used to determine whether or not the hot-swappable electronic device is in a power-on state and detects whether or not the power connection port is connected to an alternating current power source;
wherein, when the hot-swappable electronic device is in the power-on state, the power connection port is not connected to the alternating current power source, and the controller receives the first trigger signal or the second trigger signal, the controller lowers a system power consumption of the hot-swappable electronic device.

8 more elements

A method for preventing crash of a hot-swappable electronic device, comprising:

determining, by a controller, whether or not the hot-swappable electronic device is in a power-on state;
detecting, by the controller, whether or not a power connection port is connected to an alternating current power source when the hot-swappable electronic device is in the power-on state;
detecting, by a first sensor, whether or not a first battery leaves a first battery installation groove when the power connection port is not connected to the alternating power source;
detecting, by a second sensor, whether or not a second battery leaves a second battery installation groove when the power connection port is not connected to the alternating current power source;
and
lowering, by the controller, a system power consumption of the hot-swappable electronic device when the first battery leaves the first battery installation groove or the second battery leaves the second battery installation groove.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/180,822Filed 8 Mar 2023
Priority: CN 202211595983.913 Dec 2022
Published: 13 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06F 1/3212
Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality: monitoring battery levels, e.g. power saving mode being…
H05K 5/0247
Details: electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring
G06F 1/263
Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof: arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC
H02J 7/02
Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries: for charging batteries from AC mains by converters