Patent ID: 8169105

Claim:
A configurable, multiple voltage electronic device power source (EDPS), including: a first electrical power coupling module (PCM) mechanically separatably from all other modules of the EDPS, including: a first electrical external power source (EEPS) interface for coupling to first type EEPS; a first type mechanical connector (FTMC); and an electrical coupling pair (ECP), the PCM EPC electrically connected to the first EEPS interface; a power transformer-inverter module (TIM) mechanically separatably from all other modules of the EDPS, the TIM including: a first TIM ECP; a second type mechanical connector (STMC), the STMC mechanically couplable with a FTMC, wherein the first TIM ECP is electrically coupled to a PCM ECP when the TIM STMC is mechanically coupled to the PCM FTMC; a second TIM ECP; a third TIM ECP; a FTMC, the FTMC mechanically couplable with a STMC; an electrical transformer and inverter, the transformer and inverter converting an electrical signal on the first TIM ECP to a first electrical signal having a first voltage on the second TIM ECP and to a second electrical signal having a second voltage on the third TIM ECP, the second voltage higher than the first voltage; a lower voltage charging module (LVCM) mechanically separatably from all other modules of the EDPS, including: an electronic device electrical interface (EDEI), the EDEI couplable with a lower voltage electronic device; a STMC, the STMC mechanically couplable with a FTMC; and an ECP, the LVCM EPC electrically connected to the EDEI, wherein the LVCM EPC is electrically coupled to the second TIM ECP when the LVCM STMC is mechanically coupled to the TIM FTMC; and a higher voltage charging module (HVCM) mechanically separatably from all other modules of the EDPS, including: an electronic device electrical interface (EDEI), the EDEI couplable with a higher voltage electronic device; a STMC, the STMC mechanically couplable with a FTMC; and an ECP, the HVCM EPC electrically connected to the EDEI, wherein the HVCM EPC is electrically coupled to the third TIM ECP when the HVCM STMC is mechanically coupled to the TIM FTMC.