Connection between two intelligent pieces of clothing
AssigneeAdaptive Regelsysteme Gesellschaft M.B.H.
InventorUlrich Klapper
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Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to establishing a simple and secure connection between two intelligent pieces of clothing. A first connecting part is provided on a first intelligent piece of clothing and a second connecting part is provided on a second intelligent piece of clothing. The first connecting part and the second connecting part are magnetically connected in order to align and interconnect a first signal connecting part in the first connecting part with a second signal connecting part in the second connecting part for establishing a signal connection between first electronics of the first intelligent piece of clothing and second electronics of the second intelligent piece of clothing.
Claims18
A system of connecting intelligent pieces of clothing, the system comprising:
- a first intelligent piece of clothing including
- integrated first electronics, and
- a first connecting part having a first signal connecting part;
- a second intelligent piece of clothing including
- integrated second electronics connected to the first intelligent piece of clothing by means of a connection, and
- a second connecting part having a second signal connecting part, the second connecting part is configured and arranged to be magnetically connected to the first connecting part wherein the magnetic connection between the first and second connecting parts aligns and interconnects the first signal connecting part with the second signal connecting part thereby establishing a signal connection between the first electronics and second electronics.
A method of monitoring electrical voltage across workwear including first and second intelligent pieces of clothing which are interconnected, the method comprising:
- detecting an electrical voltage, via electronics within each of the first and second intelligent pieces of clothing, between a first point on the first piece of clothing and a second point on the second piece of clothing.
A method of establishing a connection between first and second intelligent pieces of clothing, the method comprising:
- aligning a first connecting part of the first intelligent piece of clothing to a second connecting part of the second intelligent piece of clothing via a magnetic field induced between the first and second connecting parts, and whereby alignment of the first and second connecting parts also aligns a first signal connecting part of the first connecting part and a second signal connecting part of the second connecting part;
- interconnecting the first intelligent piece of clothing with the second intelligent piece of clothing via the magnetic field induced between the first and second connecting parts;
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- establishing a connection between the first signal connecting part of the first intelligent piece of clothing and the second signal connecting part of the second intelligent piece of clothing, and thereby establishing a signal connection between integrated first electronics within the first intelligent piece of clothing and integrated second electronics within the second intelligent piece of clothing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.