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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Shihwoei Sun, Taipei, TW;
Charles N. Shaver, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 19/64 (2006.01); H01H 31/10 (2006.01); H01H 33/52 (2006.01); H01H 85/46 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/263 (2013.01); Y10T 307/747 (2015.04);
Abstract
Circuitry and methods related to switching power are provided. One of a plurality of current-limited power distribution switches is enabled in accordance with a hierarchical scheme depending upon the respective states of plural power sources. The power source having the greatest available load carrying capacity is thus coupled to a power node for provision to load entities. Servers, computing devices, printers, and other apparatus can include such selective power provisioning.