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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:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Mark Charles Davis, Durham, NC (US);
Bouziane Yebka, Apex, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/042 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/0052 (2013.01); H02J 7/0088 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0062 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device includes a battery connector to couple to a rechargeable battery to provide power, a power manager coupled to the battery connector to charge the battery when connected to the battery connector in a first charging mode and a second charging mode, a power jack to receive a power plug, and a switch coupled to the power jack and the power manager and responsive to user actuation via the power plug to select the second charging mode.