Universal power-supply connection system for multiple electronic devices
First Claim
1. A power-supply connection system for providing electrical power, from a source of electrical power, to operate any of a multiplicity of electronic devices, said system comprising:
- means for receiving electrical power from such a source;
means for passing electrical power to any of such electronic devices;
automatic means, associated with said power-passing means, for automatically accepting, from any particular one of such electronic devices respectively, electronic-device identification information for that particular one device;
programmed digital electronic microprocessor means for using said identification information to select power parameters, for passage of power from the power-receiving means and through the power-passing means to said particular one device; and
means for activating the power-passing means to apply power therethrough to said particular one device according to the power parameters.
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Abstract
The system provides electricity to operate any of a multiplicity of device and most typically receives power from a source and passes power to any of the devices. The system also accepts electronic-device identification information for any particular one of such devices. The system also has one or more programmed digital electronic microprocessors that use the identification information to select power parameters--for passage of power from the source to the powered device. The system activates its own power-passing capability to apply power to each device according to the power parameters selected by the microprocessor. A cable, which for some purposes may regarded as part of the system and for some purposes is a separate invention, connects the microprocessor and power-passing parts of the system to the powered device; the identification information is held either in the cable--typically in a ROM, PROM, EPROM or other memory chip in one of the end connectors of the cable--or in the device to be powered, and is read by the system microprocessor before power is supplied.
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24 Claims
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1. A power-supply connection system for providing electrical power, from a source of electrical power, to operate any of a multiplicity of electronic devices, said system comprising:
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means for receiving electrical power from such a source; means for passing electrical power to any of such electronic devices; automatic means, associated with said power-passing means, for automatically accepting, from any particular one of such electronic devices respectively, electronic-device identification information for that particular one device; programmed digital electronic microprocessor means for using said identification information to select power parameters, for passage of power from the power-receiving means and through the power-passing means to said particular one device; and means for activating the power-passing means to apply power therethrough to said particular one device according to the power parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A power-supply connection system for providing electrical power from a source of electrical power in a facility, to operate a plurality of electronic devices, each such device being one of a multiplicity of electronic devices that are compatible with the facility;
- said system comprising;
means for receiving electrical power from such a source; means, including a plurality of connection ports, for passing electrical power to a plurality of any of such compatible electronic devices, substantially concurrently; automatic means, associated with said power-passing means, for automatically accepting, from any particular one of such electronic devices respectively at any of the plurality of ports, electronic-device identification information for that particular one device; programmed digital electronic microprocessor means for using said identification information to select power parameters, for passage of power from the power-receiving means and through the power-passing means to each particular one device; and means for activating the power-passing means to apply power therethrough to any of such compatible electronic devices, substantially concurrently, according to their power parameters respectively. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
- said system comprising;
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20. A power cable for use in connecting a particular electronic device to an electrical power-supply system in a facility, for passage of electrical power from the system to the device:
- said cable comprising;
a first electrical connector, included as part of the cable at one end of the cable, for connection to the electronic device; a second electrical connector, included as part of the cable at another end of the cable, having terminals for connection to the power-supply system; and a memory unit in one of the connectors, and interconnected with at least one of the terminals for connection to the power-supply system, for identifying the electronic device to the power-supply system through said terminals. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
- said cable comprising;
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