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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2020
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G11C 7/10 (2013.01); H01R 13/6675 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dual-connector storage system and method for simultaneously providing power and memory access to a computing device are provided. In one embodiment, the storage system comprises a memory, a first connector, a second connector, and a controller. The controller is configured to provide power received from the second connector to a computing device connected with the first connector while also allowing the computing device to access the memory via the first connector. Other embodiments are provided.