Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Balancing a power load among USB ports
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Application No.: US16097799Application Date: 2016-07-12
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Publication No.: US10996729B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Mark A Piwonka , Michael R Durham , Nam H Nguyen , Robert C Brooks , Chi So
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Brooks Cameron & Huebsch PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2016/041847 WO 20160712
- International Announcement: WO2018/013083 WO 20180118
- Main IPC: G06F1/28
- IPC: G06F1/28 ; G06F1/26 ; G06F13/38 ; G06F13/42

Abstract:
Example implementations relate to balancing a power load among USB ports. For example, an apparatus according to the present disclosure, may include a plurality of USB ports, and an embedded controller coupled to the plurality of USB ports. The embedded controller may determine that a first device is coupled to a USB port of the plurality of USB ports, and determine a power draw of the first device relative to a type of the USB port. The embedded controller may balance a power load among a remainder of the plurality of USB ports based on the power draw of the first device relative to the type of the USB port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190171267A1 BALANCING A POWER LOAD AMONG USB PORTS Public/Granted day:2019-06-06
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