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US 6,361,281 B1Granted
Electrically driven compressor with contactless control
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsLukas M. Wurth, Michael Eugene Daniels
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Abstract
A sealed, electrically controlled compressor provides for two way optical data transmission to and from its sealed interior. An optical window, securely sealed through the compressor shell, and a pair of optical devices located to either side of the window, allow data transfer with no separate lines piercing the shell.
Claims3
In an electrically controlled compressor having a sealed housing and associated electrical components internal to said housing, to which or from which it is desired to send or receive data, a sealed data transmission assembly, comprising,
- an optical window passing closely through said compressor shell in a tightly sealed fashion,
- a first optical device located within said compressor shell and below said window, and,
- a second optical device located above said window opposed to the first,
- whereby data can be optically exchanged across said window, with no physical data transmission lines piercing said compressor shell.
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