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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:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2004
Applicants:
Paul O. Amdahl, Sioux City, IA (US);
Frank Liebenow, Jefferson, SD (US);
Keith Thomas, Vermillion, SD (US);
Michael E. Tubbs, Elk Point, SD (US);
Inventors:
Paul O. Amdahl, Sioux City, IA (US);
Frank Liebenow, Jefferson, SD (US);
Keith Thomas, Vermillion, SD (US);
Michael E. Tubbs, Elk Point, SD (US);
Assignee:
Gateway Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A powerline networking adapter attaches to a power brick and includes a network data connection and two AC power connections. In another embodiment, a hybrid power brick includes both AC-DC power conversion elements and powerline networking adapter circuits in the brick.