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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Adam Warren, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Mitchell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/46 (2018.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H01R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/46 (2018.01); H01R 25/006 (2013.01); H02J 7/345 (2013.01);
Abstract
A smart-home device may include a plurality of wire connectors configured to receive a plurality of signals from an environmental system; a plurality of diodes configured to receive the plurality of signals from the plurality of wire connectors, wherein at least two of the plurality of diodes have different voltage drops; and a power-stealing circuit that is configured to receive outputs of the plurality of diodes and to steal power through one of the plurality of wire connectors that is determined at least in part by the different voltage drops.