Host illumination of indicators of an AC adapter
An AC adapter charges an Information Handling System (IHS) and includes a first DC plug including a DC connector that is compatible with an IHS power port. The first DC plug includes a first light guide for receiving light transmitted from the IHS and for illuminating an indicator of the first DC plug. The first DC plug comprises a fiber optic wire that receives the light received by the first light guide and illuminates the indicator. The fiber optic wire may extend within the DC cord and may illuminate an indicator of a second DC plug on the opposite end of the cord. The DC cord may include indicators illuminated by the fiber optic wire extending within the cord. The fiber optic wire terminates at a light guide of the second DC plug and exits the light guide of the second DC plug when the second DC plug is uncoupled.
1. An AC (Alternating Current) adapter for charging an Information Handling System (IHS), the AC adapter comprising:
a first DC (Direct Current) plug that is received by a power port of the IHS and that comprises a DC connector that provides power to the IHS via the power port, wherein the first DC plug comprises a first light guide that is adjacent to the DC connector and that receives a light that is transmitted from the IHS, and wherein the light received by the first light guide adjacent to the DC connector illuminates an indicator of the first DC plug, and wherein the illuminated indicator is visible to a user of the IHS by viewing the first DC plug coupled to the power port of the IHS.
2. The AC adapter of claim 1 , wherein the first DC plug comprises a fiber optic wire that receives the light received by the first light guide and routes a portion of the light transmitted from the IHS for illumination of the indicator of the first DC plug.
3. The AC adapter of claim 2 , further comprising a DC cord extending from the first DC plug, wherein the fiber optic wire comprised within the first DC plug extends within the DC cord and routes another portion of the light transmitted from the IHS to an additional indicator of the AC adapter.
4. The AC adapter of claim 3 , further comprising a second DC plug that comprises that additional indicator and that is connected to a second end of the DC cord, wherein the fiber optic wire extending within the DC cord illuminates the additional indicator of the second DC plug.
5. The AC adapter of claim 3 , wherein the DC cord comprises one or more indicators that are visible to the user and that are illuminated by the fiber optic wire extending within the DC cord.
6. The AC adapter of claim 3 , wherein the fiber optic wire terminates at a light guide of the second DC plug and wherein a portion of the light received by the second DC plug exits the second DC plug when uncoupled from the IHS such that a user of the IHS uses the portion of the lighting the second DC plug as a light source.
7. The AC adapter of claim 1 , wherein the first indicator is illuminated to indicate a charging state of the IHS.
8. An Information Handling System (IHS), the IHS comprising:
a first power port that received power from a DC connector of a first DC (Direct Current) plug of an AC adapter;
a first light source that is adjacent to a portion of the power port that receives power from the DC connector of the AC adapter, wherein the first light source is operable for transmitting light for reception by a first light guide of the first DC plug when the DC connector is coupled to the first power port, wherein the first light guide is adjacent to the DC connector of the first DC plug; and
a power port controller configured to initiate transmissions by the first light source to indicate a charging status of the IHS by illuminating one or more indicators of the AC adapter.
9. The IHS of claim 8 , further comprising:
a second light source that is also adjacent to the portion of the power port that receives power from the DC connector of the AC adapter, wherein the second light source is operable for transmitting light for reception by a second light guide of the first DC plug when the DC connector is coupled to the first power port, wherein the second light guide is also adjacent to the DC connector of the first DC plug.
10. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the first light source transmission received by the first light guide illuminates an indicator portion of the first DC plug.
11. The IHS of claim 10 , wherein the first light source transmission received by the first light guide is transmitted along a fiber optic wire extending from the first light guide along the length of a DC cord extending at a first end from the first DC plug.
12. The IHS of claim 11 , wherein the power port controller determines the intensity of the transmitted light based on the length of the DC cord.
13. A system for charging an Information Handling System (IHS), the system comprising:
an AC adapter comprising a first DC (Direct Current) plug including a DC connector that delivers DC power to a power port of the IHS, wherein the first DC plug comprises a first light guide that is adjacent to the DC connector and that receives a light that is transmitted from the IHS, and wherein the light received by the first light guide adjacent to the DC connector illuminates an indicator portion of the first DC plug, and wherein the illuminated indicator portion is visible to a user of the IHS by viewing the first DC plug that is coupled to the power port of the IHS; and
a first power port of the IHS, wherein the first power port comprises a first light source that is adjacent to a portion of the power port that receives power from the DC connector of the AC adapter, wherein the first light source is operable for transmitting the light received by the first light guide when the DC connector is coupled to the first power port.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first DC plug comprises a fiber optic wire that receives the light received by the first light guide adjacent to the DC connector and that illuminates the indicator portion of the first DC plug.
15. The system of claim 14 , further comprising a DC cord extending at a first end from the first DC plug, wherein the fiber optic wire comprised within the first DC plug extends within the DC cord.
16. The system of claim 15 , further comprising a second DC plug connected to a second end of the DC cord, wherein the fiber optic wire extending from within the DC cord illuminates an indicator portion of the second DC plug.
17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the DC cord comprises one or more indicators illuminated by the fiber optic wire extending within the DC cord.
18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first light guide adjacent to the DC connector aligns with the first light source that is adjacent to a portion of the first power port that receives power from the DC connector upon insertion of the DC connector in the first power port.
19. The system of claim 13 , wherein the power port further comprises a second light source operable for transmitting light for reception by a second light guide of the first DC plug when the DC connector is coupled to the first power port.
20. The system of claim 13 , wherein the power port controller is further configured to initiate transmissions by the first light source to indicate a charging status of the IHS.