Patents by Inventor James Adam Hunter

James Adam Hunter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Modular computing device with common AC power
    Patent number: 11455011
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a modular computing device that provides a user options to upgrade an existing computing device as improved expansion units become available without rendering the underlying base unit obsolete. The base unit of the modular computing device receives high-voltage AC power and one or more power supplies within the base unit converts the AC power to low-voltage DC power that is consumed within the base unit. An AC power transfer unit transfers AC power from the base unit to an expansion unit installed within an expansion dock of the base unit. One or more power supplies within the expansion unit convert the received AC power to low-voltage DC power that is consumed within the expansion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peter A. Atkinson, James Adam Hunter, Eric O. Mejdrich, Russell Hoover, Jay Tsao, Gregory M. Daly, Michael Grassi
  • MODULAR COMPUTING DEVICE WITH COMMON AC POWER
    Publication number: 20180107245
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a modular computing device that provides a user options to upgrade an existing computing device as improved expansion units become available without rendering the underlying base unit obsolete. The base unit of the modular computing device receives high-voltage AC power and one or more power supplies within the base unit converts the AC power to low-voltage DC power that is consumed within the base unit. An AC power transfer unit transfers AC power from the base unit to an expansion unit installed within an expansion dock of the base unit. One or more power supplies within the expansion unit convert the received AC power to low-voltage DC power that is consumed within the expansion unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Peter A. Atkinson, James Adam Hunter, Eric O. Mejdrich, Russell Hoover, Jay Tsao, Gregory M. Daly, Michael Grassi