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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2023
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Wen-Bin Lin, Taipei, TW;
Chao-Wen Cheng, Taipei, TW;
Cheng-Yi Yang, Taipei, TW;
Chien-Wei Chen, Taipei, TW;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
The disclosed technology is directed to a computing device for detecting and preventing melting of a component of the computing device. In some examples, the computing device includes a cable that connects a power supply unit and an add-on card, and a thermal protection controller. Based on a sensor signal from a temperature sensor of the cable, the thermal protection controller determines that a temperature associated with the cable exceeds a threshold temperature. Responsive to determining that the temperature associated with the cable exceeds the threshold temperature, the thermal protection controller causes the power supply unit to cease supplying power to the add-on card by transmitting an overtemperature signal through the cable.