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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Societe Bic, Clichy, FR;
Inventors:
Gerard F. McLean, West Vancouver, CA;
Jean-Louis Iaconis, Burnaby, CA;
Assignee:
Societe BIC, Clichy, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02M 3/04 (2006.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 1/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0054 (2013.01); H02J 7/0055 (2013.01); H02M 3/04 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0062 (2013.01); Y10T 307/406 (2015.04);
Abstract
A smart charging cable and a method of operating the cable are disclosed. The cable can analyze any input voltage to determine whether the input voltage is sufficient to charge the battery of an electronic device and/or to operate the electronic device. If not, the cable is capable of transforming the input voltage to a voltage sufficient to charge and/or operate.