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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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307 66 ; 39575001 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for supplying electric power from a portable computer to an extended station, the apparatus including the portable computer having an electric power source, the extended station with which the portable computer can be detachably equipped, which detects whether or not the portable computer is equipped with the extended station, and supplies electric power from the electric power source of the portable computer to the extended station, when it is detected that the portable computer is equipped with the extended station.