Patent ID: 7778152
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: H01R,H04B

Abstract:
1. A powerline system including non-intrusive coupling for powerline communications, the system comprising: a powerline module coupled to a data connection, the powerline module being configured to process a first data signal in a first format to a second data signal in a second format, the second data signal in the second format is an orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing (OFDM) format; a physical socket coupled to the powerline module, the physical socket comprising a female connector device, the female connector device including at least a first connector and a second connector, the first connector and the second connector being coupled to the second data signal in the second format; a male connector device, the male connector device being inserted into the female connector device, the male connector device including at least a first male connector and a second male connector coupled respectively to the first connector and the second connector; a first wire coupled to the first male connector; a second wire coupled to the second male connector; a twisted pair of wires including at least the first wire and the second wire, the twisted pair of wires extending from the male connector and having a length of no greater than fifty feet; a loop configured from the first wire connected to the second wires and extending as the twisted pair of wires, the first wire coupled to the first male connector and the second wire coupled to the second male connector; a first powerline cable; a second powerline cable coupled to the first powerline cable; a first inductive coupling device coupling a first portion of the first wire within a vicinity of the loop to the first powerline cable; a second inductive coupling device coupling a first portion of the second wire within a vicinity of the loop to the second powerline cable; a first mechanical hinge and connector device configured to couple the first inductive coupling device to the first portion of the first wire within the vicinity of the loop without causing physical damage to the first portion of the first wire; and a second mechanical hinge and connector device configured to couple the second inductive coupling device to the first portion of the second wire within the vicinity of the loop without causing physical damage to the first portion of the second wire.