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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bin Gu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yongxuan Hu, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen C. Terry, San Jose, CA (US);
Di Zhao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ruchi J. Parikh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael D. Black, Cypress, CA (US);
Weiyun Chen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 7/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02);
Abstract
An electronic device may receive or provide power using bidirectional wired and wireless power converters. A bypass path may be included to bypass the battery charger and to allow direct power transfers from a connector of the electronic device to the wireless power converter or from the wireless power converter to the connector of the electronic device. Current limiting and regulation circuitry may also be included.