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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:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Noriyuki Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sourcenext Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/044 ; H01M 1/046 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/044 ; H01M 1/046 ;
Abstract
A USB cable according to the present invention has a USB connector connected with a USB port of a PC (Personal Computer), a phone connector connected with a connector of an external connector such as a mobile phone, a control unit, which is situated between the USB connector and the phone connector, for charging a battery of the mobile phone by using power supplied from the USB port of the PC and for transmitting and receiving data with the PC and the mobile phone, and a cable for connecting the USB connector and the phone connector with the control unit respectively.