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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Randall W. Martin, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Fred Charles Thomas, III, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Andrew Leonard Zee, Causeway Bay, HK;
Matthew Graeme Leck, London, GB;
Jonathan Patrick Summers, Causeway Bay, HK;
Marcus Andrew Hoggarth, London, GB;
Morten Villiers Warren, London, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a modular power adapter assembly for a portable electronic device. According to one example embodiment, the assembly includes a power adapter housing and an extender member connected to the adapter housing at a first end region thereof. Furthermore, a plug adapter is configured to receive power and removably attach to a second end region of the extender member. A cable is attached to the adapter housing to supply power to a connected portable electronic device.