IP Library Granted Patent US 9,867,125
Granted Patent B2
US 9,867,125 · App. 14/462,878 · Granted Jan 9, 2018

Systems for enabling modular mobile electronic devices

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Patent No.
US 9,867,125
App. No.
14/462,878
Granted
Jan 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for enabling a modular mobile electronic device including a module communication network enabling data transfer between modules of the modular mobile electronic device, a module power network enabling power transfer between modules of the modular mobile electronic device, a set of module interfaces removably and mechanically coupling modules of the modular mobile electronic device to the modular mobile electronic device, and a supervisory controller communicatively coupled to the module communication network and electrically coupled to the module power network.

Claims (11)

1. A system for enabling a modular mobile electronic device comprising:

a module communication network enabling data transfer between modules of the modular mobile electronic device;

a module power network enabling power transfer between modules of the modular mobile electronic device, wherein the module power network comprises a power bus;

a set of module interfaces removably coupling modules of the modular mobile electronic device to the modular mobile electronic device; and

a supervisory controller communicatively coupled to the module communication network and electrically coupled to the module power network;

wherein the set of module interfaces electrically connects modules in parallel to the power bus, the set of module interfaces is connected to the power bus by a set of power management units, and power transfer through the set of module interfaces is controlled by the set of power management units;

wherein the set of power management units are controlled by the supervisory controller;

wherein the set of power management units control power transfer on the power bus according power states set by the supervisory controller;

wherein a first power state for a first module connected to the modular mobile electronic device includes a maximum power transfer level; and

wherein a first power management unit connected to the first module electrically isolates the first module from the module power bus upon detecting a power transfer level greater than the maximum power transfer level.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein data transfer between a first module and a second module on the module communication network is initiated by the first module and completed without using a host or an intermediate module.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 5, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 044695/0115 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2014
From: EREMENKO, PAUL; FISHMAN, DAVID; NEWBURG, SETH; KNAIAN, ARA; BOBER, MARISA
To: GOOGLE, INC.
Reel/Frame 033562/0463 →