ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,871, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Hardware architecture for USB-C port power" was invented by David Schneider (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including a first Type-C port and a second Type-C port includes a mainboard and a sub-board. The mainboard includes battery terminals for connection to a battery, the first Type-C port, a primary switch-mode charger connected to the battery terminals and connected to the Type-C port, and an embedded controller. The sub-board includes the second Type-C port, and a secondary charging component connected to the second Type-C...