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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:
Sep. 06, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Jeremy Robert Carlson, Cary, NC (US);

Tin-Lup Wong, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Philip John Jakes, Durham, NC (US);

Larry Glenn Estes, Durham, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0036 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01); H02J 7/00034 (2020.01); H02J 2207/30 (2020.01);
Abstract

One embodiment provides an electronic device, including: two or more ports; two or more charging circuits, wherein the two or more ports have an associated charging circuit; a battery; a processor; and a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to: detect, at a first port, a physically connected plug; detect, at a second port, a physically connected plug; and provide, via the two or more charging circuits, charging to the battery from both of the detected plugs. Other aspects are described and claimed.


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