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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:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Reed D. Vilhauer, Portland, OR (US);
Paul S. Durley, Portland, OR (US);
Darren S. Crews, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Reed D. Vilhauer, Portland, OR (US);
Paul S. Durley, Portland, OR (US);
Darren S. Crews, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/04 (2006.01); H02J 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus may comprise first circuitry arranged to draw current from a charging source at multiple current levels and second circuitry arranged to determine a charging current capacity of the charging source using the first circuitry.