Power adapter
AssigneeSRI International
InventorsAnthony Hawkins, Dennis Michael McClary
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention is a power adapter for coupling electrical power from a standard North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) power coupling to one or more electronic devices. In one embodiment, the power adapter includes a plug connector adapted for receiving electrical power from the power coupling, a receptacle adapted for providing the electrical power to a slave cable (e.g., an inter-vehicular slave cable), and at least one terminal adapted for providing the electrical power to the electronic devices (e.g., a computer system). The power adapter is thus capable of maximizing the potential of the power coupling to provide electrical power for multiple simultaneous uses.
Claims15
An apparatus for coupling electrical power from a standard North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) power coupling to one or more electronic devices, the apparatus comprising:
- a plug connector adapted for receiving said electrical power from said NATO power coupling;
- a receptacle adapted for providing said electrical power to a slave cable;
- at least one terminal adapted for providing said electrical power to said one or more electronic devices;
- a center pin connecting a positive terminal of said plug connector to a positive terminal of said receptacle;
- a negative male;
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- a negative female mated with said negative male such that a mated pair comprising said negative female and said negative male connects a negative terminal of said plug connector to a negative terminal of said receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.