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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2016
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Mohammed K. Hijazi, Austin, TX (US);

Merle J. Wood, III, Round Rock, TX (US);

Geroncio O. Tan, Austin, TX (US);

Karunakar P. Reddy, Austin, TX (US);

Christopher A. Torres, San Marcos, TX (US);

Kendall C. Witte, Austin, TX (US);

Wei-Cheng Yu, New Taipei, TW;

Tsung-Cheng Liao, Taoyuan, TW;

Marcin M. Nowak, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 103/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 1/263 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H01R 2103/00 (2013.01); H01R 2201/06 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information handling system receives power from a reversible power cable by selectively configuring outer pins to provide power or communication with a middle pin providing ground. A power manager of an information handling system embedded controller uses a low level of power input to determine which outer pin provides power and which provides communication, and then configures the connector to route power at a high level to the system charger for powering the information handling system.


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