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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:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Thomas P. Sawyers, Hempstead, TX (US);
Jeff K. Jeansonne, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Thomas P. Sawyers, Hempstead, TX (US);
Jeff K. Jeansonne, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02M 7/5383 (2007.01); H02M 7/34 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a power adapter comprises a power supply to output power for powering a powered device. The power adapter outputs information indicative of an amount of power output by the power supply for use by the powered device to control the amount of power used by the powered device.