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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2013
Applicant:

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Howard Locker, Cary, NC (US);

Daryl Cromer, Cary, NC (US);

Joseph Michael Pennisi, Apex, NC (US);

Richard Wayne Cheston, Pittsboro, NC (US);

David William Higgins, Cary, NC (US);

Thomas Kenneth Tobul, Jr., Holly Springs, NC (US);

Jon Wayne Heim, Durham, NC (US);

Qihua Xiao, Xinyang, CN;

DeHong Meng, Shanghai, CN;

Zhigang Na, Beijing, CN;

Zhang Jianhui, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 27/02 (2006.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/724 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aspect provides a combination power and data connector, including: a dedicated power connector element; and a combination data connector element separate from the dedicated power connector element, the combination data connector element providing a combination of pins for two data transmission protocols. Other aspects are described and claimed.


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