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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Craig Benjamin Williams, Louisville, KY (US);
Timothy Ray Jackson, Louisville, KY (US);
Ramon Portillo, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for enabling an ETU to function as a host controller is provided. The ETU includes a power bus port, a current sensor input, and a power distributor coupled to the power bus port and the current sensor input. The method includes determining that a peripheral device is connected to the power bus port. The method further includes determining that sufficient input power is available to the ETU to provide an output power to the peripheral device through the power bus port. Additionally, the method includes providing the output power to the peripheral device through the power bus port.