Ac Adapter, Electronic Apparatus and Power Supply System

• US 20090135633A1
• Filed: 08/31/2006
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (Minebea Mitsumi, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (Minebea Mitsumi, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hiroshima, Takashi, Yamanaka, Yuji, Ikeuchi, Akira
• Application Number:
  US12/083,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20090135633A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 363/126
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 5/00 Circuit arrangements for transfer of electric power between ac networks and dc networks H02J3/36 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/02 for charging batteries from ac mains by converters

Abstract

An AC adapter includes an AC/DC converter device for transforming an alternating-current power to a direct-current power, a power supply line that supplies the direct-current power converted by the AC/DC converter device to an electronic apparatus, and a memory for storing an AC adapter ID that identifies the AC adapter.

Claims

1. An AC adapter, comprising:

an AC/DC converter device for transforming an alternating-current power to a direct-current power;

a power supply line for supplying the direct-current power converted by the AC/DC converter device to an electronic apparatus; and

a memory for storing an AC adapter ID that identifies the AC adapter.

2. The AC adapter as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a sender device for switching an electric potential on the power supply line by plural electric potentials for sending a signal to the electronic apparatus.

3. The AC adapter according to claim 1, further comprising:

a receiver device for detecting plural electric potentials on the power supply line for receiving a signal sent from the electronic apparatus.

4. The AC adapter as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:

a process device for processing the signal received by the receiver device using the AC adapter ID stored in the memory;

wherein a result of the process device is sent by the sender device to the electronic apparatus.

5. The AC adapter as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:

an output control device for controlling a power supply to be supplied to the electronic apparatus, wherein the output control device is controlled according to the signal sent from the electronic apparatus and received by the receiver device.

6. An electronic apparatus connected to an AC adapter through a power supply line, comprising:

a sender device for sending a signal having random numbers to the AC adapter;

an arithmetic device for processing arithmetically the random numbers;

a receiver device for receiving a signal processed by the AC adapter according to the random numbers and sent from the AC adapter;

a comparator device for comparing the signal received by the receiver device and a processed signal processed by the arithmetic device;

wherein a control signal is sent to the AC adapter for controlling the AC adapter according to the result of the comparator device.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the sender device sends a signal to the AC adapter by controlling the power supply line using ON-OFF control.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the receiver device receives a signal from the AC adapter by detecting electric potentials switched by plural electronic potentials on the power supply line.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

a charge control device, wherein the sender device sends the signal to the AC adapter by controlling the charge control device with ON-OFF control.

10. A power supply system, comprising:

an AC/DC converter device for transforming an alternating-current power to a direct-current power;

an electronic apparatus supplied with the direct-current power converted by the AC/DC converter device through a power supply line;

wherein the AC adapter includes a memory for storing a data to identify the AC adapter, a first receiver device for receiving a second signal sent from the electronic apparatus, a process device processing the second signal received by the first receiver device according to the data stored in the memory, and a first sender device for sending a processed result of the process device to the electronic apparatus; and

wherein the electronic apparatus includes a second sender device for sending the second signal having random numbers to the AC adapter, an arithmetic device for processing the random numbers, a second receiver device for receiving a first signal processed based on the random numbers by the AC adapter and sent from the AC adapter, a comparator for comparing the first signal received by the electronic apparatus and a signal processed by the arithmetic device, wherein the second signal is sent to the AC adapter to control the AC adapter according to a result of the comparator.

11. The power supply system as claimed in the claim 10, wherein a sending signal and a receiving signal are performed via a power supply line or a communication line only for use in communications.