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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Flextronics Ap, Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Armando J. Lucrecio, Fremont, CA (US);
Jiayin Ma, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Leonard Richiuso, Murphy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Flextronics AP, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/80 (2013.01); H04B 10/27 (2013.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/27 (2013.01); G02B 6/0006 (2013.01); G02B 6/0008 (2013.01); G02B 6/4204 (2013.01); G02B 6/4298 (2013.01); H02J 7/0052 (2013.01); H02J 7/355 (2013.01); H04B 10/502 (2013.01); H04B 10/503 (2013.01); H04B 10/806 (2013.01); H04B 10/807 (2013.01); G02B 6/428 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0062 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for charging and optical communication with electronic devices are provided. Specifically, systems and methods to provide charging through laser or optical means and to provide optical communications are presented. Even more specifically, in one embodiment, the systems and methods comprise standard USB interfaces, USB protocols and USB connectors.