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US 2011/0256768 A1Published application
Plug assembly for a connectivity management system
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsCHARLES RANDALL MALSTROM, KEITH JAMES MCKECHNIE, ROBERT DANIEL HILTY, MICHAEL FREDRICK LAUB
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Abstract
A plug assembly includes a body extending between a mating end and a cable end. A sensor assembly is supported by the body that has an integrated circuit component having a first pad and a second pad. The sensor assembly also has a first sensor probe mounted to the first pad and a second sensor probe mounted to the second pad.
Claims26
A plug assembly comprising:
- a plug body extending between a mating end and a cable end, the mating end being configured to be received in a receptacle of a receptacle housing;
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- a sensor assembly supported by the body, the sensor assembly having an integrated circuit component having a first pad and a second pad, the sensor assembly having a first sensor probe mounted to the first pad, the sensor assembly having a second sensor probe mounted to the second pad, the first and second sensor probes forming part of a plug identification circuit defined by the integrated circuit component when the first and second sensor probes are connected to corresponding connectivity sensors associated with the receptacle that receives the mating end of the plug body.
A plug assembly comprising:
- a body extending between a mating end and a cable end;
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- a sensor assembly supported by the body, the sensor assembly having an integrated circuit component having a first pad and a second pad, the sensor assembly having a first sensor probe mounted to the first pad, the sensor assembly having a second sensor probe mounted to the second pad, wherein the integrated circuit component comprises a memory chip having a memory circuit including data that uniquely identifies the plug, the memory circuit being configured to transmit data when the first and second sensor probes are connected to corresponding connectivity sensors associated with a receptacle that receives the body, the memory circuit being configured to transmit data based on an interrogation signal transmitted to at least one of the first and second sensor probes.
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A plug comprising:
- a body extending between a mating end and a cable end;
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- a sensor assembly supported by the body, the sensor assembly having an integrated circuit component having a substrate and embedded circuitry including a memory, the substrate having a mounting surface and a mating surface with a first pad and a second pad, the circuitry being electrically connected to the first and second pads, the mounting surface being mounted to an exterior surface of the body, the first and second pads being exposed on, and being substantially flush with, the mating surface, the sensor assembly having a first sensor probe extending along the mating surface and being electrically and mechanically connected to the first pad, the sensor assembly having a second sensor probe extending along the mating surface and being electrically and mechanically connected to the second pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.