US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) on Sept. 9 for "Test apparatus for universal serial bus power delivery (USB-PD) device" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,744, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS (Grenoble, France).

"Test apparatus for universal serial bus power delivery (USB-PD) device" was invented by Jean Camiolo (St Egreve, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is for testing a device to be supplied with power via USB Power Delivery (USB-PD). The apparatus includes at least one USB Type-C connector configured to be connected to the device to be supplied with power to be tested, the at least one USB Type-C connector including a power supply terminal. Processing circuitry of the apparatus is configured to verify that a voltage at the p...