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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Stephen C. Fenwick, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Difonzo, San Mateo, CA (US);
Tang Yew Tan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian J. Girvin, Gilroy, CA (US);
Stephen C. Fenwick, Mountain View, CA (US);
John DiFonzo, San Mateo, CA (US);
Tang Yew Tan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian J. Girvin, Gilroy, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates, in an embodiment, to a power supply module configured to be coupled to a power outlet to supply an operating voltage to a data processing device. The power supply module includes a set of signal connectors having at least a first signal connector. The set of signal connectors is configured to provide at least a portion of data received from the data processing device to devices external to the data processing device, whereby the power supply module is disposed in a flexibly-coupled, spaced-apart relationship relative to the data processing device.