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Patent MX-PA04011401-A (MX)
Title: Self-contained, self-powered electrolytic devices for improved performance in automatic dishwashing.
Inventor: BALLAS JULIA ELIZABETH
IPC: C11D3/386
Filed: 2003-05-15
Abstract: An unattached elctrolyte device (10a, 10b, 10c) for placement in an automatic dishwashing appliance (100) for treating tableware with elctrolyzed water to provide an improvement in cleaning, sanitazing and/or stain removal; an automatic dishwashing appliance (100) comprising said unattached electrolytic device (10a, 10b, 10c); a method for treating tableware in said appliance and an article of manufacture for said unattached electrolytic device.
Patent MX-PA05000844-A (MX)
Title: Finger/toe tip protective apparatus.
Inventor: SCHUKRAFT RICHARD
IPC: A61F13/02
Filed: 2005-01-20
Abstract: A finger/toe tip protective apparatus including a flexible member of perforated material having a generally semispherical dome-like configuration, with inner and outer surfaces, and a peripheral edge. The flexible member has an attachment portion integrated therewith. The attachment portion has adhesive material on an inner surface thereof and is configured so as to allow the attachment portion to be wrapped about and be partially secured to both the peripheral edge of the member and the skin of the digit to which the apparatus is to be secured whereby allowing the protective apparatus to be releasably secured in position on the finger/toe tip of a person.
Patent MX-PA05002081-A (MX)
Title: Psidium guajava improved extracts, methods for obtaining and using the same in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases.
Inventor: RIVERA ARCE ERIKA
Filed: 2005-02-22
Abstract: The present invention is related to the obtention of phyto-drugs that contain standardized extracts resulting from the guava plant (Psidium guajava L), particularly from its leaves (Psidii guajavae folium), which are useful for treating diverse gastrointestinal conditions related to disorders of the nervous system associated with the gastrointestinal performance. The anti-microbial, anti-motility, spasmolitic, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-secretory properties of the phyto-drugs are clinically evaluated as well as the non-toxicity of the invention, said properties enabling the same to be clinically used for treating gastrointestinal disorders.
Patent MX-PA05003461-A (MX)
Title: Automatic slack adjuster with spring release spindle.
Inventor: CREWSON GARY E
IPC: H02K49/02
Filed: 2005-03-31
Abstract: An automatic slack adjuster includes a clutch assembly and a disengaging assembly for disengaging the clutch assembly such that an end of a worm shaft may be freely rotated for adjustment purposes. In a preferred embodiment, the clutch assembly is formed from rotor and coupling structures of the automatic slack adjuster, and the disengaging assembly is a pin that separates the rotor and the coupling. In a preferred embodiment, a spring biased button may be depressed to actuate the pin to cause the separation of the rotor and the coupling thereby allowing an end of the worm shaft to be freely rotated.
Patent MX-PA05006074-A (MX)
Title: Recording and/or reproducing apparatus, recording and/or reproducing method and information storage medium therefor.
Inventor: SUNG-HEE HWANG
IPC: G11B11/00
Filed: 2005-06-07
Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing apparatus, a recording and/or reproducing method, and an information storage medium, wherein the recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes: a writing and/or reading unit writing data to or reading data from an information storage medium having one or more information recording layers; and a control unit controlling the writing and/or reading unit to write the data to the information storage medium by referring to one or more disk information structures including recording related parameter information corresponding to recording characteristics of the information storage medium, and recording characteristic information to which the recording related parameters are applied. According to the apparatus and method, parameters of recording characteristics appropriate to a recording and/or reproducing apparatus and compatibility between different specifications can be achieved.
Patent MX-PA05006075-A (MX)
Title: Zoned stretching of a web.
Inventor: RODNEY K HEHENBERGER
IPC: D04H1/736
Filed: 2003-10-24
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for stretching one or more zones (I-V) of a web (40) are disclosed. Webs including stretched or activated zones are also disclosed. Each of the zones in the web is stretched in the cross-web direction (8), i.e., the direction (8) transverse to the down-web direction (8). The stretching it can be performed continuously as the web is advancing through the apparatus in the down-web direction. The stretching can occur in the absence of physical contact with the stretched zone of the web. Strain induced on the stretched zones can be introduced gradually over a stretch distance. The strain may increase at a linear rate. The stretching methods and apparatus may be used to activate an elastic zone or zones within a web.
Patent MX-PA05008103-A (MX)
Title: Phase advance angle optimization for brushless motor control.
Inventor: GUOHUI YUAN
IPC: H02P6/14
Filed: 2004-01-29
Abstract: A control system for a multiphase permanent magnet motor having a controller for producing a control signal to energize each phase winding. The controller includes a current value calculator for determining a value of phase current advanced in phase with respect to back-EMF by a phase advance angle, and a phase advance optimization circuit for producing a value of the phase advance angle optimized so as to maximize output torque of the motor and mimimize the phase current. The phase advance optimization circuit determines the phase advance angle optimized for each phase of the motor.
Patent MX-PA05010420-A (MX)
Title: Adjustable detachable keyboard and electronic assembly using same.
Inventor: SYBREND D SMITH
IPC: H04M1/02
Filed: 2004-03-30
Abstract: A keyboard (102) includes fist (112) and second (110) hinges that allow the keyboard (102) to be properly placed and fitted against an electronic device such as a cellular telephone (106). The first hinge (112) allows the keyboard 102 to be swung up and away from the cellular telephone's housing and also allows the keyboard (102) to be properly fit against the cellular telephone's housing when in use. This proper fit provides for improved stress relief away from connector (108) when the keys (104) are activated. The second hinge (110) makes it easy for the keyboard (102) to be attached to cellular telephone (106) using connector (108). The dovetail design (308) of the underneath of the keyboard provides amble clearance (302) for the cellular telephone's keys (304).
Patent MX-PA05011365-A (MX)
Title: TRICYCLIC INDOLE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMERaCOES DISEASE.
Inventor: DEMONT EMMANUEL HUBERT
IPC: C07D487/06
Filed: 2004-04-21
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel hydroxyethylamine compounds having Asp2 (beta-secretase, BACE1 or Memapsin) inhibitory activity, processes for their preparation, to compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of diseases characterised by elevated beta- amyloid levels or beta-amyloid deposits, particularly Alzheimer's disease.
Patent MX-PA05011440-A (MX)
Title: Method of manufacturing oriented films from alloyed thermoplastic polymers, apparatus for such manufacture and resulting products.
Inventor: RASMUSSEN OLE-BENDT
IPC: B29C48/10
Filed: 2004-04-26
Abstract: A blend of two partly incompatible polymers is extruded to form a film under conditions such that the alloy in the blend comprises fibrils extending mainly in one direction, the width and thickness of each fibril having a mean lower than 5 ??m, the fibrils being formed of the polymer component having a higher melting point, and the fibrils being surrounded by a matrix of the second polymer, which has a lower coefficient of elasticity. The special morphology is achieved by providing grids (301, 302) in a grid chamber upstream of the exit orifice of the extrusion die, and by sequential hot stretching at a temperature at which the higher melting polymer is at least partly crystalline, and cold stretching, at which both polymers are substantially solid. The second, cold stretching step, is carried out under conditions to give an elongation at break at 20 degree C of at least 25%. The films are of particular value for forming crosslaminates having high shock resistance. Preferably the polymer forming fibrils is polypropylene and the polymer forming the matrix is an ethylene polymer, preferably LLDPE.
Patent MX-PA05012179-A (MX)
Title: Method and apparatus for fast link setup in a wireless communication system.
Inventor: MALLADI DURGA PRASAD
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2004-05-07
Abstract: A method and apparatus for a communication system provide for fast link setup for a mobile station by transmitting a request message, transmitting an assignment message from the base station to the mobile station, and transmitting a notification message from the base station to a base station controller. The mobile station transmits an indication message to the base station controller indicating a successful completion of acquiring the data packet channel. The base station controller processes the indication message for message integrity and security feature. A portion of the available communication resources at the base station is allocated for an immediate response to the request message for acquiring a data packet channel.
Patent MX-PA06002426-A (MX)
Title: Dry separation of contaminants from polyester materials.
Inventor: FAIL ALVIS
IPC: B07B1/24
Filed: 2004-09-03
Abstract: A method for separating polyester materials from contaminants is disclosed suitable for, for example, a polyester recycling system. The method is a dry separation method and includes rapidly spinning a mixture of polyester and contaminants within a cleaning chamber. During the spinning of the mixture, the contaminants can be degraded and pass through a screen at the chamber wall while the polyester materials are not substantially degraded and can remain in the cleaning chamber. Polyester fines can also remain in the cleaning chamber. A cleaning device suitable for use in the process is also disclosed. The device can include a screen of a hardened material that can help degrade the contaminants and a plurality of rotating blades that can spin the mixture within the device and can also help to degrade the contaminant materials.
Patent MX-PA06004378-A (MX)
Title: Spinning impingement multiphase contacting device.
Inventor: HARRIS ROBERT E
IPC: B01F3/04
Filed: 2004-10-22
Abstract: A spinning impingement multiphase contacting device and method for heat or mass transfer are disclosed. A first fluid, from which the transfer is to occur, is caused to impinge and be entrained in a spinning permeable element, creating a highly dispersed phase. The highly dispersed phase contacts the second fluid to cause the desired heat or mass transfer.
Patent MX-PA06006345-A (MX)
Title: Membrane filter system comprising parallel cross-flow filter modules.
Inventor: VRANITZKY ROBERT
IPC: B01D61/20
Filed: 2004-12-01
Abstract: The invention relates to a membrane filter system which comprises at least one container in which a plurality of ventilated parallel cross-flow filter modules (7) is disposed which can be removed from the membrane filter system individually, and wherein every filter module comprises a plurality of membrane units of the same kind. The invention is characterized in that the container is subdivided into a plurality of compartments by walls that are disposed perpendicularly to the cross-flow direction of the filter modules (7). At least one compartment (3; 9; 13; 14) of the plurality of filter modules (7) serves for the common supply of the suspension to be filtered, the common discharge of the retentate or the common discharge of the permeate. The invention allows for a denser arrangement of filter modules (7) as it eliminates the need for tubing the individual filter modules for removing the permeate and/or the retentate and/or for supplying the suspension to be filtered (feed).
Patent MX-PA06007212-A (MX)
Title: Consumer customized dosage forms.
Inventor: BUNICK FRANK J
IPC: G16H70/40
Filed: 2004-12-16
Abstract: Customizable dosage forms are provided. The flavor, color, sweetness, or texture of the dosage forms may be customized directly by the consumer.
Patent MX-PA06008917-A (MX)
Title: Method for corrosion control of refining units by acidic crudes.
Inventor: HUMBLOT FRANCIS
IPC: C10G75/02
Filed: 2005-01-28
Abstract: The inventive method for corrosion control of metal walls of a refining unit by naphthenic acids consists in using tertiary mercaptan of general total formula CnH2n+1-SH, wherein n ranges from 8 to 14.
Patent MX-PA06011956-A (MX)
Title: Temperature limited heaters used to heat subsurface formations.
Inventor: VINEGAR HAROLD J
IPC: E21B36/04
Filed: 2005-04-22
Abstract: a ferromagnetic member; an electrical conductor electrically coupled to the ferromagnetic member, wherein the electrical conductor is configured to provide heat output below the Curie temperature of the ferromagnetic member. The electrical conductor is configured to conduct a majority of the electrical current of the heater at 25 degree C. The heater automatically provides a reduced amount of heat approximately at and above the Curie temperature of the ferromagnetic member.
Patent MX-PA06012448-A (MX)
Title: Process for the selective increase of a release rate of an active material from a pharmaceutical composition.
Inventor: GANZMANN TANJA
IPC: A61K47/14
Filed: 2005-04-19
Abstract: The present invention provides a process for a selective increase of a release rate in a later stage of the release period of an active material from a controlled release pharmaceutical composition comprising an active material and a lipid material embedding said active material, comprising the step of: adding a swellable organic disintegrant selected from the group consisting of potato starch, maize starch, wheat starch, tapioca starch, pregelatinized starch, physically modified amylose, modified potato starch, amylopectin, sodium starch glycolate, sodium amylopectin glycolate, croscarmellose sodium, carmellose calcium, calcium alginate, crosslinked dextran and formaldehyde-casein, in an amount of 3 to 20 percent by weight, based on the entire weight of the controlled release pharmaceutical composition, to a lipophilic matrix comprising an active material embedded in a lipid material; and a controlled release pharmaceutical composition having such a modified release profile comprising an active material, a lipid material embedding said active material, and a swellable organic disintegrant mentioned above, in an amount of 3 to 20 percent by weight.
Patent MY-100555-A (MY)
Title: Dentifrice sachet.
Inventor: SANDRA LEE SCHELM
IPC: B32B27/08
Filed: 1987-08-28
Abstract: A DENTIFRICE SACHET WHEREIN THE SACHET WHICH ENVELOPS THE DENTIFRICE IS A PLASTIC LAMINATE MATERIAL HAVING A MODIFIED ACRYLONITRILE METHYL ACRYLATE INNER SURFACE . THE SACHET IS SUBJECT TO REDUCED LAMINATION WHEN IN CONTACT WITH A PASTE OR GEL DENTIFRICE.
Patent MY-103546-A (MY)
Title: Herbicidal composition
Inventor: FUMIO KIMURA
IPC: A01N39/04
Filed: 1988-07-29
Abstract: MIXTURES OF HERBICIDAL PYRIDINE SULFONAMIDE COMPOUNDS OF FORMULA; (FORMULA) WHEREIN X IS A HYDROGEN ATOM, A HALOGEN ATOM, OR A METHYL GROUP WHICH MAY BE SUBSTITUTED BY 1 TO 3 HALOGEN ATOMS, AND R IS A HYDROGEN ATOM OR A METHYL GROUP, AND THEIR SALTS, WITH AT LEAST ONE HERBICIDAL COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF 2, 4-D, DICAMBA, ATRAZINE, BENTAZONE, ALACHLOR, METALACHOR, PROPACHLOR, PENDIMETHALIN, TRIDIPHANE, CYANAZINE, BROMOXYNIL, ACETOCHLOR, ETC.
Patent MY-103430-A (MY)
Title: Dual liquid cartridge dispenser
Inventor: JOHN E MALDONADO
IPC: A47K5/12
Filed: 1988-10-18
Abstract: A DUAL CARTRIDGE DISPENSER. EACH CARTRIDGE HAS AN EXIT ORIFICE THROUGH WHICH FLUID IS DISPENSED WHEN A PUMP PORTION OF THE CARTIDGE IS COMPRESSED. A MOVABLE COMPRESSION MEMBER IN THE DISPENSER CAN BE LOCATED AT A FIRST POSITION ADJACENT THE PUMP PORTION OF THE FIRST CARTRIDGE OR AT A SECOND POSITION ADJACENT THE PUMP PORTION OF THE SECOND CARTRIDGE. A KNOB EXTENDING OUTSIDE THE DISPENSER IS CONNECTED TO THE COMPRESSION MEMBER FOR MOVING THE COMPRESSION MEMBER TO THE FIRST POSITION OR TO THE SECOND POSITION TO THEREBY SELECTED THE CARTRIDGE TO BE DISPENSED FROM. WHEN A MOVABLE DISPENSING MEMBER OF THE DISPENSER IS OPERATED, IT CAUSES ONLY THE CARTRIDGE PUMP PORTION THAT IS ADJACENT THE COMPRESSION MEMBER AND AN OPPOSED PINCH SURFACE IN THE DISPENSER THEREBY DISPENSING FLUID FROM THE CARTRIDGE.(FIG. 1)
Patent MY-106698-A (MY)
Title: Digital signal clamp circuitry
Inventor: R T FLING
IPC: H04N5/14
Filed: 1990-03-29
Abstract: A DIGITAL SIGNAL CLAMP CIRCUIT IS REALIZED USING AN ADDER AND AN UP/DOWN COUNTER. THE DIGITAL SIGNAL IS COUPLED TO ONE INPUT OF THE ADDER AND THE COUNTER OUTPUT IS COUPLED TO A SECOND INPUT OF THE ADDER. THE UP/DOWN COUNTER IS ENABLE TO COUNT ONLY DURING SIGNAL INTERVALS EXHIBITING THE DESIRED CLAMPING LEVEL. THE COUNTER IS CONTROLLED TO COUNT UP OR DOWN DEPENDING ON THE POLARITY OF THE SIGNAL PROVIDED BY THE ADDER. THE COUNT VALUE IN THE COUNTER IS CONTINUOUSLY APPLIED TO THE ADDER TO PROVIDED CLAMPING. USING A TRUNCATED COUNT VALUE FROM THE COUNTER ENHANCES CLAMPING PERFORMANCE.(FIG. 2)
Patent MY-105978-A (MY)
Title: Surface-type fastener.
Inventor: KEIICHI KEYAKI
IPC: A44B13/00
Filed: 1990-10-02
Abstract: A SURFACE-TYPE FASTENER (10) COMPRISES A PAIR OF IDENTICAL STRIPS (11, 11') AND A PLUARITY OF ROWS OF INTERENGAGING ELEMENTS (12) DISTRIBUTED OVER THE STRIPS (11, 11') IN OFFSET POSITIONAL RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER TO PROVIDE ENGAGING SPACES (18). THE ELEMENTS (12) HAS A RELATIVELY LARGE BUT THEIR ENGAGING ARMS (17) WHICH ARE INTERENGAGEABLE IN THE ENGAGING SPACES (18) WITH THEIR NEIGHBORING COUNTERPARTS ON THE OPPOSITE STRIP. (FIG. 1)
Patent MY-109734-A (MY)
Title: A layered absorbent structure, an absorbent article comprising the structure, and a method for the manufacture thereof
Inventor: CARLUCCI GIOVANNI
IPC: A61F13/15
Filed: 1993-07-02
Abstract: A THIN, LAYERED, ABSORBENT STRUCTURE COMPRISES FIRST AND SECOND LAYERS (1, 2) OF FIBROUS MATERIAL AND AN INTERMEDIATE LAYER (5) COMPRISING PARTICLES OF A HYDROGELLING, ABSORBENT MATERIAL (6) AND PARTICLES OF A THERMOPLASTIC, POLYMERIC, ORGANIC MATERIAL (7); THE FIRST AND SECOND FIBROUS LAYERS (1, 2) EXTEND BEYOND THE INTERMEDIATE LAYER (5) LATERALLY TO FORM LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTIONS (8).THE TWO FIBROUS LAYERS (1, 2) ARE BOUND TOGETHER WITH THE INTERMEDIATE LAYER (5) BETWEEN THEM BY THE MELTING OF THE PARTICLES OF THERMOPLASTIC, POLYMERIC,ORGANIC MATERIAL (7) AND BY MEANS OF A CONTINUOUS LINE (10) OF ADHESIVE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY ON EACH LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTION (8).(FIG. 1)
Patent MY-111606-A (MY)
Title: Heavy duty article carrier
Inventor: JAMES B DEMAIO
IPC: B65D75/00
Filed: 1994-05-20
Abstract: THE TOP WALL (18, 18A) OF A AN ARTICLE CARRIER IS PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF HAND GRIPPING APERTURES (27, 27A) AND A NUMBER OF SCORE (28-30, 32-34, 28A-30A; 32A-34A) ARE ARRANGED TO EXTEND FROM ADJACENT AN END OF A HAND GRIPPING APERTURE (27, 27A) OUTWARDLY IN A DIVERDING PATH TOWARD THE CORNERS OF THE TOP WALL (18, 18A). BY THIS MEANS THE TOP WALL OF THE CARRIER IS RENDERED ESPECIALLY STRONG BY EFFICIENTLY DISTRIBUTING THE WEIGHT OF THE CARRIER AND ITS CONTENTS SO THAT THE CALIBER OF BOARD USED MAY BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED AND ECONOMIES THEREBY EFFECTED.(FIG. 7)
Patent MY-113352-A (MY)
Title: Low rewet topsheet and disposable absorbent article
Inventor: ROE DONALD CARROLL
IPC: D04H1/56
Filed: 1995-03-18
Abstract: A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE CONTAINS A LIQUID PERVIOUS TOPSHEET, HAVING A BASIS WEIGHT RANGING FROM 10 TO 40 G/YD2 AND COMPRISING A BODY WITH AT LEAST THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF COMPRISING NONWOVEN FABRIC PREPARED BY FORMING A WEB COMPRISING A HOMOGENEOUS ADMIXTURE OF FROM 1 TO 50BY WEIGHT OF MELT BLOWN FIBERS AND FROM 99 TO 50BY WEIGHT OF 1.2 TO 5 DENIER STAPLE SYNTHETIC FIBERS AND HYDROENTANGLING THE FIBERS TO FORM A FABRIC, WITH OR WITHOUT THE FORMATION OF APERTURES. (FIGURE 2)
Patent MY-111783-A (MY)
Title: High-voltage variable resistor
Inventor: KAZUHIRO NAKAGAWA
IPC: H01C1/14
Filed: 1997-06-14
Abstract: A HIGH-VOLTAGE VARIABLE RESISTOR INCLUDES A STRUCTURE WHICH MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE STABLE AND RELIABLE CONTACT CONDUCTION BETWEEN A CONNECTION TERMINAL 7 AND A TERMINAL ELECTRODE 2A. THE CONNECTION TERMINAL 7 INCLUDES A SPRING PORTION 7B. AT THE END OF THE SPRING TERMINAL 7B THERE IS PROVIDED A FLAT CONTACT SECTION 7D WHICH IS WIDER THAN THE OTHER PORTIONS THEREOF. A PLURALITY OF PROTRUSIONS 7E, 7F ARE FORMED ON THIS CONTACT SECTION 7D. THE OUTER EDGE PORTION OF A LEAD LINE CONNECTING SECTION 7A OF THE CONNECTION TERMINAL 7, WHICH IS ACCOMMODATED IN AND FIXED TO A CONNECTION TERMINAL ACCOMMODATING SECTION 6, IS HELD IN A TERMINAL HOLDING GROOVE 6A OF THE CONNECTION TERMINAL HOLDING SECTION 6, AND THE PROTRUSIONS 7E, 7F ARE HELD IN CONTACT WITH THE TERMINAL ELECTRODE 2A OF AN INSULATING SUBSTRATE 2 AND PRESSED AGAINST THE INSULATING SUBSTRATE 2. A CORE WIRE 8A OF A LEAD LINE 8, WHICH IS INSERTED INTO A LEAD LINE HOLDING CYLINDER 1B, IS HELD BY HOLDING MEMBERS 7C OF THE CONNECTION TERMINAL 7 AND CONNECTED TO THE CONNECTION TERMINAL 7 THEREBY.
Patent MY-126936-A (MY)
Title: Inertial latch for an actuator in a disk drive device
Inventor: SHINICHI KIMURA
IPC: G11B5/54
Filed: 2000-05-08
Abstract: AN INERTIAL LATCH FOR PREVENTING AN ACTUATOR ARM (6), WHICH IS A COMPONENT OF A DISK APPARATUS (1), FROM FLYING OUT FROM AN UNLOADING POSITIAN BECAUSE OF AN EXTERNAL SHOCK, THE ACTUATOR ARM (6) CANNOT BE PREVENTED FROM FLYING OUT FROM THE UNLOADING POSITION BECAUSE OF REPULASION PRODUCED WHEN THE ACTUATOR ARM (6) CRASHES AGAINST A STOPPER, BY OPERATION OTHER THAN AN EXTERNAL SHOCK. A LATCH, FOR ENGAGING WITH A POINT END PORTION OF THE ACTUATOR ARM (6) TO PREVENT THEACTUATOR ARM (6) FROM FLYING OUT, IS PROVIDED WITH A SENSING PROTRUSION (16E). WHEN THE ACTUATOR ARM (6) CRASHERS AGAINST AN OUTER CRASHES AGAINST AN OUTER CRASH STOP, THE SHOCK CAUSES THE LATCH TO ROTATE WITH THE ACTUATOR ARM (6), WHEREBY THE ACTUATOR ARM (6)IS PREEVENTED FROM FLYING OUT. (FIG.8)
Patent MY-126846-A (MY)
Title: Intelligent identifiable connectors
Inventor: BASSLER MAXWELL P
IPC: H01R13/66
Filed: 2002-01-16
Abstract: A CONNECTOR THAT IS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR USE IN HIGH SPEED DATA TRANSMISSION IS PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF A PLUG CONNECTOR (104) THAT MAY BE TERMINATED TO THE END OF A HIGH SPEED CABLE (105). THE CONNECTOR HAS A PLURALITY OF TERMINALS (140, 141, 150, 253, 254) FOR TERMINATING TO RESPECTIVE SIGNAL WIRES, GROUND WIRES AND POWER WIRES OF THE CABLE, AND ALSO HAS AND ADDITIONAL TERMINAL (252) THAT SERVES AND IDENTIFY STATUS INFORMATION ABOUT THE CABLE TO CIRCUITS ON A CIRCUIT BOARD TO WHICH THE CABLE IS CONNECTED THROUGH THE PLUG CONNECTOR AND A MATING RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR (110). THIS DETECTION TERMINAL IS SHORTED TO ANOTHER TERMINAL OF THE CONNECTOR, PREFERABLY A POWER GROUND, OR RETURN, TERMINAL (254). THE SHORTING IS DONE WITH AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT THAT MOIFIES THE VOLTAGE PASSING FROM THE SHORTED TERMINAL THROUGH THE DETECTION TERMINAL. THE MODIFIED VOLTAGE MAY BE EASILY READ ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD TO DETERMINE THE STATUS OF THE CABLE (SUCH AS THE SPEED OF THE CABLE), OR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE ATTACHED THERETO. (FIGURE 13