Universal power supply
CA 2317560 A1 · Owner: Potega, Patrick H. · Inventors: Potega, Patrick H.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A power supply detects power requirements of an electrical device and configures itself to provide the correct power to the device. By using a connector that isolates the device from its battery the power supply can , provide power to the device recharge the battery, recharge the battery while at the same time providing power to the device or provide power to the device , while preventing the battery from being recharged. A switch used with the connector creates various circuits and is controllable by the power supply the electrical device, by signals from the electrical device or by a third , device. The power supply may provide power to a plurality of devices and may be used with …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed November 17, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 17, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 17, 2020.
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