Patent ID: 8610310

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first part of a separable coupling transformer; and a first chassis configured to be in one or more physical surface contacts through stacking with a second different chassis of a second different apparatus, the second apparatus comprising a second part of the separable coupling transformer; the first chassis at least containing the first part of the separable coupling transformer and an Ethernet transmitter electrically connected to the first part of the separable coupling transformer; the first part of the separable coupling transformer configured to: maintain, through the one or more physical surface contacts, an inductive coupling to the second part of the separable coupling transformer placed within an inductive range of the first part; establish a wireless Ethernet communications link with the second part of the separable coupling transformer; receive an Ethernet signal from the Ethernet transmitter; and send the Ethernet signal un-modulated to the second part of the separable coupling transformer through the wireless Ethernet communications link.