Compact, direct plugged, and high-performance Wi-Fi access point

US10777877B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PLUME DESIGN, INC. · US

Inventors

• Ming-Tsung Su · Palo Alto, US
• Brian Nam · Palo Alto, US
• Irene Yang · Sunnyvale, US
• Guan-Heng Chen · Taoyuan, TW
• Jeffrey ChiFai Liew · Millbrae, US
• Nora Yan · San Mateo, US
• Yoseph Malkin · San Jose, US
• Richard Chang · Sunnyvale, US
• Liem Hieu Dinh Vo · San Jose, US
• Shu Chun Shen · Taipei, TW
• Duc Minh Cong Nguyen · Springfield, US
• William J. McFarland · Los Altos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 2019
• Grant date: Sep 15, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W88/08
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless access point includes a physical form factor including a plurality of sides each adjacent to a bottom portion, wherein the physical form factor houses a plurality of components including i) at least one Printed Circuit Board (PCB) having one or more Wi-Fi radios and a Bluetooth radio and ii) a power supply; and an electrical plug connected to the power supply and extending from the bottom portion for insertion into an electrical outlet for power and for physical support of the wireless access point adjacent to the electrical plug.