Patch cord including wireless components
AssigneeMertek Industries, LLC
InventorsChristopher B. Scherer, Jon Sholtis
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Abstract
Disclosed are network cable connectors with components such as wireless transceivers, wireless power receivers, displays, and printed circuit with controllers. The disclosed network cable connector may be wirelessly coupled to an external power source. The printed circuit of the cable connector may receive power for the wireless transceiver and/or the display from the external power source. The printed circuit of the cable connector may communicate information about the network cable and/or devices connected thereto via the wireless transceiver to an external device, output the information via the display, or a combination thereof.
Claims19
A network cable connector comprising:
- a hood defining an opening configured to receive a plug;
- and
- a printed circuit incorporated into the hood and configured to wirelessly communicate with an external device, the printed circuit including:
- a first controller configured to receive a data signal from the external device via an inductor, to process the data signal to generate data, to provide the data to a second controller, and to transmit second data to the external device;
- and
- the second controller configured to process the data and to provide the second data to the first controller.
A method of making a network cable connector, the method comprising:
- providing a hood defining an opening configured to receive a plug;
- and
- incorporating a printed circuit into the hood, the printed circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with an external device, the printed circuit including:
- a first controller configured to receive a data signal from the external device via an inductor, to process the data signal to generate data, to provide the data to a second controller, and to transmit second data to the external device;
- and
- the second controller configured to process the data and to provide the second data to the first controller.
A method of operating a network cable, the method comprising:
- wirelessly receiving, at a printed circuit of the network cable, data from an external device wherein the printed circuit includes:
- a first controller configured to receive a data signal from the external device via an inductor, to process the data signal to generate data, to provide the data to a second controller, and to transmit second data to the external device;
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- the second controller configured to process the data and to provide the second data to the first controller;
- and
- providing, via a display coupled to the printed circuit, a visual indication responsive to the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.