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US 9,425,637 B2Granted
Configurable apparatus and methods for supplying power and data to electronic devices
AssigneeAdvanced Wireless Innovations LLC
InventorRamin Rostami
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Abstract
Embodiments of a system, topology, and methods for providing electrical power to electronic devices from various power sources are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Claims20
A configurable electronic device power source (EDPS), including:
- a first electrical power coupling module (PCM), including:
- a first electrical external power source (EEPS) interface for coupling to first type EEPS;
- a first type mechanical connector (FTMC);
- and
- an electrical coupling pair (ECP), the PCM ECP electrically connected to the first EEPS interface;
- a power converter module and charger module (CCM) mechanically separatably from the PCM, the CCM including:
- a first CCM ECP;
- a second type mechanical connector (STMC), the STMC mechanically couplable with a FTMC, wherein the first CCM ECP is electrically coupled to a PCM ECP when the CCM STMC is mechanically coupled to the PCM FTMC;
- a second CCM ECP;
- means for converting an electrical signal having a first voltage on the first CCM ECP to a first electrical signal having a second, lower voltage;
- an electronic device electrical interface (EDEI), the EDEI couplable with an electronic device;
- and
- a charger to charge an electrical energy storage element (EESE);
- and
- an ESEE electrically couplable to the second CCM ECP.
12 more elements
A configurable electronic device power source (EDPS), including:
- a first electrical power coupling module (PCM), including:
- a first electrical external power source (EEPS) interface for coupling to first type EEPS;
- a first type mechanical connector (FTMC);
- and
- an electrical coupling pair (ECP), the PCM ECP electrically connected to the first EEPS interface;
- a power converter module and charger module (CCM) mechanically separatably from the PCM, the CCM including:
- a first CCM ECP;
- a second type mechanical connector (STMC), the STMC mechanically couplable with a FTMC, wherein the first CCM ECP is electrically coupled to a PCM ECP when the CCM STMC is mechanically coupled to the PCM FTMC;
- means for converting an electrical signal on the first CCM ECP to a first electrical signal having a first voltage;
- an electronic device electrical interface (EDEI), the EDEI couplable with an electronic device;
- and
- a charger to charge an electrical energy storage element (EESE);
- and
- an ESEE removably couplable to the CCM.
11 more elements
A configurable electronic device power source (EDPS), including:
- a first electrical power coupling module (PCM), including:
- a first electrical external power source (EEPS) interface for coupling to first type EEPS;
- and
- an electrical coupling pair (ECP), the PCM ECP electrically connected to the first EEPS interface;
- a power converter module and charger module (CCM), the CCM including:
- a first CCM ECP, the first CCM ECP electrically couplable to a PCM ECP;
- means for converting an electrical signal having a first voltage on the first CCM ECP to a first electrical signal having a second, lower voltage;
- an electronic device electrical interface (EDEI), the EDEI couplable with an electronic device;
- a charger to charge an electrical energy storage element (EESE);
- and
- means for electrically coupling one of the CCM ECP and an EESE to the EDEI;
- and
- an EESE, the EESE electrically coupled to the means for electrically coupling.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.