Optical harness assembly and method
First Claim
1. An optical harness assembly, comprising:
- at least one optical cable harness having a termination end;
at least one electrical connector having connector pins for transporting electrical signals; and
at least one active connector conversion unit coupled between the termination end of the optical cable harness and the electrical connector.
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Abstract
An optical harness assembly and method are provided. The optical harness assembly includes at least one optical harness cable having a termination end; at least one electrical connector having connector pins; and at least one active connector conversion unit coupled between the termination end of the optical harness cable and the electrical connector. A method for retrofitting an optical harness assembly into an existing platform is disclosed. The method includes removing a legacy wiring harness; installing an optical harness assembly having electrical connectors and an active connector conversion unit; and testing the compatibility of connector pins of the electrical connector to the active connector conversion unit. In another embodiment the method includes: identifying electrical signals present on each pin of each electrical connector presentation; programmatically adjusting an interface based on the identified electrical signals present; and mapping the electrical connector signals to digital signals. Alternatively, the method may further include: providing a personality adaptor coupled between the electrical connector pin outs and signal conditioners; configuring the personality adaptor based on the identified electrical signals present on each pin out of each electrical connector presentation; and providing configured electrical connector presentation signals to the interface.
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22 Claims
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1. An optical harness assembly, comprising:
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at least one optical cable harness having a termination end;
at least one electrical connector having connector pins for transporting electrical signals; and
at least one active connector conversion unit coupled between the termination end of the optical cable harness and the electrical connector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A multi-point optical harness, distributed communication network, comprising:
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a plurality of optical harness cables, each having at least one optical fiber for carrying optical signals, each optical fiber having a first end and a second end;
a plurality of active connector conversion units, each having a first end and a second end, the first end of each active connector conversion unit being coupled to respective first ends of the optical fibers;
a plurality of electrical connectors for connecting to terminal equipment, each electrical connector coupled to the respective second ends of the plurality of active connector conversion units; and
an optical signal distribution device connected via a network bus to respective second ends of the optical fibers. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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