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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183872 | Hose with fault detection capability A hose fault detection system includes a hose assembly and a fault detector. The hose assembly includes a first conductive layer, second conductive layer, and an intermediate layer that is disposed between the first and second conductive layers. Each of the first an... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8067945 | Method and apparatus for monitoring a material medium A material medium, such as an optical fiber or electrical cable, is commonly used to carry services, such as telecommunications or energy service. The current invention identifies the following problems which may be encountered when monitoring a material medium. The... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063645 | Method and device for analyzing electric cable networks The invention relates to a method and a device for analyzing electric cables in a network, for the detection and location of defects in networks comprising at least one junction from which there depart N secondary cable stretches. The method includes interposing in ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8035399 | System and method for using a PHY to locate a thermal signature in a cable plant for diagnostic, enhanced, and higher power applications A system and method for using a physical layer device to locate a thermal signature in a cable plant for diagnostic, enhanced, and higher power applications. Cable heating in specific sections of a network cable is detected through an automatic identification of a t... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8013616 | Type A USB receptacle with plug detection A modified Series A universal serial bus (USB) receptacle connector is equipped with the functionality to allow the electronic system in which it resides to be configured either as a host device or a peripheral device. The modified USB Series A receptacle connector,... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7973538 | Power over ethernet system having hazard detection circuitry to detect potentially hazardous cable conditions An apparatus includes power circuitry and hazard detection circuitry connectable to a multi-conductor cable. The power circuitry transfers electrical power from a power-sourcing equipment (PSE) to a powered device (PD) over the multi-conductor cable. The hazard dete... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969159 | Method and apparatus for an electrical conductor monitoring system A system and method for determining the status of each monitored conductor, and optionally indicating peak current or other parameters are provided. Wireless self-powered sensor elements can eliminate much of the wiring required in traditional systems, and greatly e... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7915899 | Electrical safety devices and systems for use with electrical wiring, and methods for using same Disclosed are systems and methods for monitoring an electrical flat wire. An appropriate safety device is utilized to monitor the electrical flat wire. The safety device includes a line side input configured to connect a line side power source and receive an electri... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7902832 | Antenna cable break detector for construction machine wireless communication apparatus and construction machine wireless communication apparatus An antenna cable break detector used with a construction machine wireless communication apparatus to detect a break in an antenna cable. The antenna cable 4 includes a central wire 6 and an armor wire 7 that is positioned concentrically outside ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7888946 | Portable electronic device with projection function A portable electronic device with projection function including a host, a projection module, a signal line, a first adjusting leg and a second adjusting leg is provided. The host has a chamber at its side. The projection module is for outputting an image light beam.... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884616 | Automatic multicable electrical continuity tester An automatic multi-cable continuity tester. The multi-conductor electrical continuity tester includes a controller that is configured to generate a first serial stream of input test signals. The first serial stream of input test signals includes a plurality of signa... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880475 | Type A USB receptacle with plug detection A modified Series A universal serial bus (USB) receptacle connector is equipped with the functionality to allow the electronic system in which it resides to be configured either as a host device or a peripheral device. The modified USB Series A receptacle connector,... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7880474 | Distributed network repeater system A repeater, useable for connecting switches in a data communication network, is provided in a distributed and/or modular fashion. The repeater includes a plurality of separate and distinct components or modules connected to or at least partially housed in, the vario... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7821271 | Method for testing a communication connection The invention relates to a method for testing a communication connection in a communication network in an aircraft with at least a first controller, a second controller and a third controller. The method includes the steps: generation of a first predefined signal, o... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7746081 | Cable detection method and apparatus A cable detection apparatus includes; a plurality of conductors which transmit signal information, a detection control circuit operably connected to a first conductor of the plurality of conductors, wherein the detection control circuit outputs an output signal as a... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7737704 | System and method for using a PHY to locate a thermal signature in a cable plant for diagnostic, enhanced, and higher power applications A system and method for using a physical layer device to locate a thermal signature in a cable plant for diagnostic, enhanced, and higher power applications. Cable heating in specific sections of a network cable is detected through an automatic identification of a t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728605 | Wireless portable automated harness scanner system and method therefor The present document describes a system for offline testing of an installed wiring harness, comprising: at least a first and a second testing module, having: a communication module for receiving test specifications and for sending test measurements; testing equipmen... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7626399 | Broken lead detection The present invention relates to a broken lead testing device for determining whether a lead in a balanced lead pair of a datacom circuit is broken or faulty. Terminated leads are subjected to a phase difference and/or a voltage difference test, while unterminated l... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7567087 | Evaluation board and cable assembly evaluation method An evaluation board having an interconnection line pattern formed thereon is disclosed. The interconnection line pattern has a first end to be connected to a cable assembly and a second end to be connected to a measurement device measuring the transmission character... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7508219 | Apparatus and method for measuring loop insertion loss single-endedly A system for determining insertion loss of a telephone line under test (LUT) predicts a length d of the LUT at each of a number of discrete frequencies. The system determines for each predicted length d a running standard deviation that is a function of the predicte... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508218 | Apparatus and method for measuring loop insertion loss single-endedly A system for determining insertion loss of a telephone line under test (LUT) is responsive to electrical stimulation of an input of the LUT at each frequency of a first plurality of discrete frequencies for determining values of at least two of Rs, Cs, Rp and Cp at ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7439870 | Apparatus for testing cables An apparatus is provided for testing a cable having a plurality of conductors. The apparatus includes a power supply terminal, a grounded test probe, an interface having a plurality of pins thereon, a plurality of indicators, and a plurality of control circuits, eac... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433860 | Method and system for labeling communications cables A method, system, and medium are provided for generating labels to tag cables of a communications network. The includes creating a set of label records to be stored in a storage component; receiving search criteria for retrieving all or a portion of the label record... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425833 | Broad-band low-inductance cables for making Kelvin connections to electrochemical cells and batteries A broad-band technique for reducing the distributed inductance of a four-conductor Kelvin cable is disclosed. A special inductance-canceling cable section is connected in tandem with the cable section contacting the cell/battery. Connections between the two cable se... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423434 | Cable presence detection for detecting a connection between two devices Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with detecting devices connected to a cable are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes logic configured to determine whether devices are connected to a cable and are powered while maintaini... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423433 | Method and system for multi-frequency inductive ratio measurement A method of testing a cable is provided. The method includes measuring at least one inductive ratio for the cable, determining an inductive gap from the at least one inductive ratio, measuring a parallel impedance of the cable, and determining a resistance of the ca... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420375 | Method for digital bus testing An interface for a bus test instrument is readily adaptable for testing a wide range of bus types. The interface includes a pair of transmit lines and a pair of receive lines. A transmitting circuit is adaptable for transmitting either single-ended or differential s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414410 | Cable diagnostics using time domain reflectometry and application using the same A system and method are used to determine connectivity and/or cable faults of a cable. A signal transmitting and receiving system is coupled to the cable. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the signal transmitting and receiving system. A TDR system coup... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411405 | Method and apparatus for reliable network cable connectivity Methods and apparatus establish and maintain reliable network cable contacts that mitigate disconnecting effects by transmitting an AC signal with a frequency that reduces the disconnecting effects. The signal frequency may be statically or dynamically selected. The... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7405573 | Electrical connector for semiconductor device test fixture and test assembly An interconnect assembly is for use in connection with a semiconductor device under test (DUT) having a plurality of leads to electronic test equipment. The interconnect assembly includes a cable including a plurality of wires with at least one wire for sensing a si... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7391220 | Method and device for detecting defects of electromagnetic protection for electric harnesses A method and device for detecting defects of an electromagnetic protection for an electric harness (H). The device (D) includes elements (M1) for generating stimulating electric signals, elements (M2) for bringing the signals up to a predetermined powe... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386411 | Automatic hi-pot test apparatus and method An exemplary automatic hi-pot test apparatus (20) includes a high voltage supply (21), a transmission device configured for transmitting an electronic device (26) to be tested, a connecting device electrically connected to the high voltage suppl... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373528 | Increased power for power over Ethernet applications According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for supplying power over Ethernet includes determining whether a first port of power sourcing equipment is supplying current to a power over Ethernet device in a predetermined current range. The method also incl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368919 | Wireless portable automated harness scanner system and method therefor A method for testing an installed wiring harness is provided. The method comprises providing a signal source testing module at a first node in the wiring harness and a measurement termination testing module at a second node in the wiring harness. A central managemen... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356444 | Embedded system for diagnostics and prognostics of conduits An apparatus providing a means for assessment of the integrity of insulated conduits, harnesses, cables, pipelines and other interconnection systems constructed with integral sensitized media, discrete sensors, and electronics providing a means for transforming sens... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356588 | Circuits and methods for detecting the presence of a powered device in a powered network Circuits and methods for detecting the presence of a powered device in a powered network connection and removing power from the powered network connection when no powered device is present are disclosed. The circuits and methods involve applying a time-varying volta... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342400 | Method and apparatus for measuring employing main and remote units A test instrument employs main and remote test units at respective ends of a cable under test. The units operate in an active or passive measurement mode, wherein one of the units begins as the active unit, applying test signals to the cable under test to make a set... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337079 | Time-frequency domain reflectometry apparatus and method An apparatus and method for high-resolution reflectometry that operates simultaneously in both the time and frequency domains, utilizing time-frequency signal analysis and a chirp signal multiplied by a Gaussian time envelope. The Gaussian envelope provides time loc... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329135 | Device for transmitting signals or current between end points A device for transmitting signals or current between end points which can be moved relative to one another is specified between which at least two flat ribbon lines (4-7) extending in turns and accommodated in an essentially circular cassette are arran... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324913 | Methods and apparatus for testing a link between chips In a first aspect, a first method of testing a link between a first chip and a second chip is provided. The first method includes the steps of, while operating in a test mode, (1) transmitting test data of sufficient length to enable exercising of worst case transit... | 01/29/2008 |
