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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2020
Hitachi Energy Switzerland Ag, Baden, CH;
John J. Trainor, Durham, NC (US);
Russell John Taylor, Cary, NC (US);
Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a connector port configured to be selectably connected with and disconnected from a peripheral device. A detector is configured to provide an output indicating the connection of the peripheral device with the connector port with a time delay between connection of the peripheral device with the connector port and outputting the signal. A data switch is operatively coupled with the detector and a communication pin of the connector port and to selectably enable and disable data communication between the communication pin and a computer board in response to the output of the detector. A power switch is operatively coupled with the detector, the power supply pin, and a DC power supply and is configured to selectably connect and disconnect the power supply and the power supply pin in response to the output of the detector.