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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7721319 | Television signal distribution system and method using it A system for distributing television signals comprises a first terminal which receives a coaxial cable, at least one second terminal which receives a twisted pair of conductors, and an amplifier system comprising a unit for selecting either a first slope or a second... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7406614 | Electronically implemented dynamic start up method for ports with inrush current limiting functionality A power over Ethernet controller comprising: control circuitry; at least one temperature sensor operatively connected to the control circuitry; and a plurality of electronically controlled switches responsive to the control circuit, each of the electronically contro... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7301440 | Power line communication system and method The present invention provides a device for providing communications through power lines comprised of multiple conductors by transmitting the data signals through a plurality of the conductors. One embodiment of the present invention may be comprised of a transmit c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7199699 | Facilitating communication with power line communication devices The invention includes a method, system, and device for communicating a data signal with a low voltage premise network. The inventive method comprises communicating the data signal with the low voltage premise network, substantially reducing attenuation of the data ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7132819 | Floating power supply and method of using the same A power supply of the present invention comprises a transducer having a transducer and a voltage regulator. The transducer is coupled to an electrically non-conductive medium, which may be a light pipe. The electrically non-conductive medium is coupled to a non-elec... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7113134 | Transformer antenna device and method of using the same The invention contemplates an antenna device, system and method of installing the antenna device for receiving a wireless signal at a pad mounted electrical transformer. The novel device includes an antenna capable of communicating the wireless signal and a material... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103240 | Method and apparatus for providing inductive coupling and decoupling of high-frequency, high-bandwidth data signals directly on and off of a high voltage power line The present invention is drawn to an electrically “closed” method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data signals over a high voltage power line. Inductive coupling is employed for coupling and decoupling the data signal directly on to and off of a sin... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102478 | Power line coupling device and method of using the same The coupling device of the present invention includes a housing, a first fastening member attached to said housing and coupled to the power line, a second fastening member attached to the housing and coupled to the power line, an inductor providing an impedance to d... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7075414 | Device and method for communicating data signals through multiple power line conductors The present invention provides a device for providing communications through power lines comprised of multiple conductors by transmitting the data signals through a plurality of the conductors. One embodiment of the present invention may be comprised of a transmit c... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076378 | Device and method for providing power line characteristics and diagnostics An apparatus determines a characteristic of a portion of a power line. The apparatus comprises a coupling device in communication with a processor. The coupling device receives a signal from a power line and the processor receives the signal from the coupling device... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7064654 | Power line communication system and method of operating the same A system for operating a power line communication system is provided. One embodiment is comprised of a plurality of network elements, which may take the form of repeaters, bypass devices, backhaul devices, wireless backhaul devices, enhanced bypass devices, communic... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7053756 | Facilitating communication of data signals on electric power systems The invention includes a method, system, and device for communicating a data signal on an electric power system. The inventive method includes communicating the data signal to the electric power system, and modifying the characteristics of the electric power system ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046124 | Power line coupling device and method of using the same The coupler of the present invention couples broadband RF signals to and from a power line conductor. The coupler of one embodiment that is for use with overhead power lines includes a length of URD MV cable with the neutral conductor removed and that is communicati... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042351 | Data communication over a power line Data signals are communicated between a power line and a computer, wherein the power line provides power to the computer via a distribution transformer and the computer is in communication with a wireless communication path. A first data signal is communicated with ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7015858 | Antijam module An antijam module (10) for GPS utilizing the vertical and horizontal polarizations of signal output by each antenna element in an array of antenna elements. This effectively doubles the number of channels from the conventional number of channels (N) to 2N. Ea... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6998962 | Power line communication apparatus and method of using the same A communication device for use with a power line communication system is provided. One embodiment forms a bypass device and comprises a low voltage coupler, a low voltage signal conditioner, a controller, a medium voltage modem, a first medium voltage signal conditi... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6990682 | Two-way CATV system A two-way CATV system is easy of maintenance, stable of a transmission quality and capable of restraining inter-modulation distortion noises of downstream RF signal carriers which are caused by non-linearity of electric contact members of coaxial connectors among up... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6980091 | Power line communication system and method of operating the same The present invention provides a system for operating a power line communications system that is comprised of a plurality of network elements, which may take the form of repeaters, bypass devices, backhaul devices, wireless backhaul devices, enhanced bypass device, ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979775 | Security apparatus and method A security apparatus for enclosing the branch connections of a cable-TV aerial tap unit to prevent unauthorized used thereof including a box like structure mounted on the bottom of the tap unit to enclose the cables and connections thereof and providing a keyed hing... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980089 | Non-intrusive coupling to shielded power cable The invention describes a method and a device for transporting a signal over a power line. The inventive method includes inducing an alternating current (AC) voltage from the power line, powering a transceiver device with the induced AC voltage, communicating the si... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980090 | Device and method for coupling with electrical distribution network infrastructure to provide communications A device for providing communications through power lines that are communicatively coupled to an electrical distribution network infrastructure and to the internal wiring of at least one customer premises having one or more communication devices therein is provided.... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977578 | Method of isolating data in a power line communications network Isolating data in a power line communications system. Although plural subscribers receive electric power distributed from a common distribution transformer, it is desirable to isolate their branch lines from one another when those branch lines are used to conduct da... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6971036 | Methods and apparatus for low power delay control A method of producing a time delay is provided. The method is performed with an information processor having a first timer and a second timer. The information processor is capable of maintaining a sleep mode. The method involves using the second timer to measure the... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968465 | Multiple server in-rush current reduction The specification discloses a system and related method for delaying the powering-on of a server after loss of power. In this way, each server in a rack of servers may have its power restored at staggered times to minimize in-rush current associated with start-up of... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965303 | Power line communication system and method A method of communicatively coupling power line communication (PLC) devices to a first and second overhead power line conductor that travel in a substantially parallel physical arrangement and in spaced-apart relation is provided. The method may comprise coupling a ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6965302 | Power line communication system and method of using the same The communication system of one embodiment is for communicating data through a power distribution system having a medium voltage power line and low voltage power line and comprises a first device comprising a first wireless transceiver, a first modem in communicatio... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6958680 | Power line communication system and method of using the same The last portion of the electrical distribution system is used to provide high-speed communications to residential homes. An aggregation point interfaces a medium voltage power line with a point-of-presence, and a power line bridge enables flow of communications sig... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6950567 | Method and apparatus for providing inductive coupling and decoupling of high-frequency, high-bandwidth data signals directly on and off of a high voltage power line The present invention is drawn to an electrically “closed” method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data signals over a high voltage power line. Inductive coupling is employed for coupling and decoupling the data signal directly on to and off of a sin... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941576 | System and methods for home network communications A system that permits use of existing cable TV wiring for home networking is disclosed. Because of the presence of splitters, notch filters, and other components in the cable distribution system, certain of the premises installations in the system can locally commun... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6933835 | Data communication over a power line A signal is received from a first portion of a power line and at least a portion of the signal is converted to a non-electrically conducting signal. The non-electrically conducting signal may be communicated to a non-electrically conductive communication path. In th... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6785908 | Tap device of cable broadcasting system A power supply circuit in the tap device includes a first power supply circuit for generating a first power voltage of DC 24V to drive output switching relays, and a second power supply circuit for generating a second power voltage of DC 5V to be supplied to a recei... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6694517 | Broadband communication network with low power addressable tap system for controlling subscriber access A broadband telecommunication network (such as a cable television distribution system) includes a plurality of switching units (such as taps) controlling subscriber access to the network. The switching units are controlled from a central location (such as... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6683531 | Coupling device for providing a communications link for RF broadband data signals to a power line and method for installing same A coupling device for providing a communications link for RF broadband data signals to a power line is disclosed. The coupling device comprises a high-pass filter element connected to the power line via a first port. The filter element allows RF broadband... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6393607 | AC port device for cable television tap A cable television tap (500) for receiving a forward signal including an information signal and a power signal. The tap (500) includes a diplex filter (520) for receiving the forward signal and for separating the information signal from the power signal a... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6128466 | Wireless receiving subsystem A wireless receiving subsystem operatively connectable to a broadcast receiver unit having a frequency tuner has an antenna with a feed point, an amplifier located essentially at the feed point, and a transmission line extending from the feed point of the... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6072981 | Multi-tap distribution apparatus There is provided a multi-drop distribution apparatus capable of installed in small space and of allowing transmission of large currents, the distribution apparatus having the same characteristics of a coaxial cylinder. A housing (1) has on its inner wall... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6069797 | Power distribution assembly A power distribution assembly (100) that comprises at least two direct current power supplies (106, 107), at least three signal splitter modules (102-104), wherein each signal splitter modules comprises a signal splitter and a radio frequency amplifier, a... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6067441 | Coupling device to be used with a standard non-power providing directional tap for drawing and mixing AC power and RF signals therefrom A device is to be coupled and used with a standard non-power providing directional tap and includes a power coupling unit and a power combining unit. The power coupling unit is adapted to be connected to an output port of the directional tap. The power co... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6054905 | User configurable CATV power inserter A CATV power inserter is presented allowing multiple power sourcing configurations while providing isolation between the RF signal and alternating current insertion ports. The power inserter achieves the variety of configurations by using a four point ter... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6033101 | Cable television radio frequency and AC Power multitap A tap for delivering electrical power and video signals to subscriber substations includes an input coupling module for coupling a main video signal and a main power signal from a cable conductor to the tap. Means are provided for generating a subscriber ... | 03/07/2000 |
