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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. 06, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2004
Applicant:
Mark Rapaich, Westfield, IA (US);
Inventor:
Mark Rapaich, Westfield, IA (US);
Assignee:
Gateway Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B023/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power supply that has an integrated power line networking coupling circuit and a connector to accept a removable power line networking module. The power supply and associated system can be sold without power line networking or with power line networking, and if sold without power line networking, it can be upgraded at a later time to support power line networking. Additionally, power line networking modules can be replaced in the field if failures occur or for upgrade purposes if a more robust networking standard becomes available.