Cable having an integrated antenna
AssigneeCSC Holdings, LLC
InventorKenneth Silver
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A cable assembly including a first connector, a second connector, and a cable is disclosed that routes power, and/or information between devices. The cable includes a first group of one or more conductors that are mechanically connected to the first connector and the second connector to route power and/or one or more wired information communications between the devices. The cable also includes a second group of one or more that is mechanically connected to the first connector to provide one or more wireless information communications between the first device and the second device or a third device which is not mechanically connected to the cable assembly.
Claims20
A connector, comprising:
- a mechanical housing configured to form an outer coating for the connector;
- a plurality of mechanical contacting pins, within the mechanical housing, configured to mechanically and electrically connect a plurality of first conductors of a cable to a second connector of a first device;
- and
- a plurality of magnetic contacting pins, within the mechanical housing, configured to magnetically couple to corresponding magnetic contacting pins of the second connector to electrically and mechanically connect a plurality of second conductors of the cable to the second connector,
- wherein the plurality of magnetic contacting pins is further configured to route a wireless information communication between the plurality of second conductors and the first device.
A cable assembly, comprising:
- a cable jacket configured to form an outer coating for the cable assembly;
- a connector having a mechanical contacting pin and a magnetic contacting pin;
- a cable, within the cable jacket, having a first conductor from among a plurality of conductors and a second conductor from among the plurality of conductors,
- wherein the first conductor is configured to be mechanically and electrically connected to the mechanical contacting pin,
- wherein the second conductor is configured to be mechanically and electrically connected to the magnetic contacting pin,
- wherein the magnetic contacting pin is configured to magnetically couple to a corresponding magnetic contacting pin of a first device to mechanically and electrically connect the second conductor and the corresponding magnetic contacting pin, and
- wherein a first end of the second conductor and a second end of the second conductor are arranged within the cable jacket to form an integrated antenna, the first end of the second conductor being electrically and mechanically connected to the magnetic contacting pin, the second end of the second conductor not being mechanically connected within the cable jacket.
A connector, comprising:
- a mechanical contacting pin configured to mechanically and electrically connect a first conductor from among a plurality of conductors of a cable to a first device;
- and
- a magnetic contacting pin configured to magnetically couple to a corresponding magnetic contacting pin of the first device to electrically and mechanically connect a second conductor from among the plurality of conductors to the first device,
- wherein the magnetic contacting pin is further configured to route a wireless information communication between the second conductor and the first device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.