US 12,074,399 B2
Battery charging cable assembly
Thomas Bishop, Park City, UT (US); and Stephen Warren, Park City, UT (US)
Filed by Pale Blue Earth Inc, Park City, UT (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,088.
Prior Publication US 2023/0268701 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 31/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/642 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 31/02 (2013.01) [H01R 13/642 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); C08L 2203/202 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable comprising:
a first universal serial bus (USB) connector;
a first non-circular section cable coupled to the first USB connector, the first non-circular section cable having a cross-sectional width and a thickness, the cross-sectional width being substantially greater than the thickness, the first non-circular section cable including:
a cable core comprising one or more signal conductors; and
an outer sleeve surrounding the cable core;
a splitter block coupled to the first non-circular section cable;
two or more second non-circular section cables coupled to the splitter block; and
two or more second USB connectors that are correspondingly coupled to the two or more second non-circular section cables; and
two or more rechargeable batteries that each include micro-USB charging ports or USB-C charging ports, wherein the two or more rechargeable batteries each further include a state of charge (SOC) indicator that changes color to indicate a change in a charge of at least one of the two or more rechargeable batteries.