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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2006
Applicants:
James Lee Combs, Lexington, KY (US);
David Allen Crutchfield, Georgetown, KY (US);
Inventors:
James Lee Combs, Lexington, KY (US);
David Allen Crutchfield, Georgetown, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A USB host/client system includes a USB host device, a USB client device connected via a USB cable to the USB host device, and a power supply unit remote from the USB host device for powering the USB host device through the USB cable connecting the USB client device to the USB host device. The USB host device can have means for communicating with a computer while the USB host device is connected to a USB client device, and/or the power supply unit supplies sufficient power for all normal operations of the USB host device.