Power harness having multiple upstream USB ports
US6923684B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 10, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47B2200/0082
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A power harness including an electrical cord extending from a housing for delivering electrical power to at least-one externally accessible downstream power port at least partially contained in the housing. The power harness also includes a plurality of externally accessible USB ports each at least partially contained in the housing, the plurality of USB ports including first and second upstream USB ports and a plurality of downstream USB ports. The power harness also includes circuitry interconnecting associated ones of the upstream and downstream USB ports such that accessed ones of the plurality downstream USB ports communicate with: (1) an accessed one of the first and second upstream USB ports when only one of the first and second upstream USB ports is accessed; and (2) a predetermined one of the first and second upstream USB ports when both of the first and second upstream USB ports are accessed.
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