ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,539, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Multi-voltage power over universal serial bus" was invented by Timothy Crockett (Raleigh, N.C.) and Kimberly Wood (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of providing multi-voltage power over USB are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a USB receptacle device includes upper and lower receptacle connection portions and a mechanical key structure. Each portion has a set of longitudinal contacts composed of a conducting material. Further, one of the set of longitudinal contacts of the lower receptacle connection ...