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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:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joel Richard Goergen, Soulsbyville, CA (US);
Chad M. Jones, Doylestown, OH (US);
Jessica Kiefer, San Jose, CA (US);
Douglas Paul Arduini, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/10 (2013.01); G06F 1/20 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); H04L 12/2885 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a power adapter configured for direct connection to a Power Supply Unit (PSU) installed in a network device, the power adapter comprising a power input port for receiving power on an Ethernet cable, a power converter module for converting the power received at the power input port to a PSU input power, and a power output connector for connection with a PSU power input connector.