Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charge cable deadzone mitigation
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Application No.: US16704793Application Date: 2019-12-05
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Publication No.: US11070070B2Publication Date: 2021-07-20
- Inventor: Shaheen Moubedi
- Applicant: Snap Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Monica
- Assignee: Snap Inc.
- Current Assignee: Snap Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Monica
- Agency: Culhane Meadows PLLC
- Agent Stephen J. Weed
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00

Abstract:
A charging cable is configured to rotate freely while attached to a cable plug on a chargeable device. The plug has contact pads separated by an insulator, and the matching cable head has pins for contacting the pads of the plug. There may be a ‘deadzone’ position where one or more pins of the cable head rest of the separator and do not make contact with the charge pads on the cable plug. The examples include pins in the cable head for redundant charging paths that are complimentary such that only one of the power paths will be on at any given time. When the cable enters a position where one of its power paths is resting on the “deadzone”, circuitry in the cable will over to the second power path which will be capable of providing power to the device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200212695A1 CHARGE CABLE DEADZONE MITIGATION Public/Granted day:2020-07-02
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