Power over ethernet to USB adapter
First Claim
1. A power adapter for delivering electrical power from a POE cable having power lines and data lines to a USB powered device, the power adapter comprising a POE connector for receiving electrical power from the power lines and data lines of the POE cable, a transformer circuit, a USB connector, and a termination point in the data lines of the POE cable prior to the data lines reaching the USB connector, leaving only the power lines of the POE cable to connect with and provide power to the USB powered device.
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Abstract
A power adapter comprising a POE connector for receiving electrical power from the power lines of a POE cable, a transformer circuit and a USB connector for delivering electrical power to a USB powered device, wherein a POE cable provides power to the USB powered device. The power adapter can have a POE receptacle for receiving an Ethernet plug, to receive the POE power, and a USB receptacle to receive a USB plug from a USB powered device, or dedicated wires from one or more of the POE power supply and/or the USB powered device.
Also, a method for providing USB power comprising the steps of running a POE cable from a power source to an adapter, adapting the POE power from the POE cable to USB power and making the USB power available to one or more USB powered devices.
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- 1. A power adapter for delivering electrical power from a POE cable having power lines and data lines to a USB powered device, the power adapter comprising a POE connector for receiving electrical power from the power lines and data lines of the POE cable, a transformer circuit, a USB connector, and a termination point in the data lines of the POE cable prior to the data lines reaching the USB connector, leaving only the power lines of the POE cable to connect with and provide power to the USB powered device.
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