Adapter panel, electronic equipment, and cable connector identification system

• US 7,374,101 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2005
• Issued: 05/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Maxell Limited (Maxell, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Maxell Limited (Maxell, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kaneko, Toshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Seung Ho
• Assistant Examiner(s): Taylor; April A.
• Application Number:
  US11/059,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20050215119A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• Field of Search: 235/439, 235/451, 235/492, 439/607, 439/188
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/3825 with an intermediate part, e.g. adapter, receptacle, linking two plugs
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/3895 identification of connection, e.g. right plug to the right socket or full engagement of the mating parts keying element on the plug or adapter G02B6/3831; keying element on the ferrule G02B6/3851; keying element for electrical connection H01R13/64
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/3897 Connectors fixed to housings, casing, frames or circuit boards G02B6/44528 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10178 including auxiliary means for focusing, repeating or boosting the electromagnetic interrogation field comparable booster antennas integrated on the record carrier itself G06K19/07794
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10336 the antenna being of the near field type, inductive coil
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/465 Identification means, e.g. labels, tags, markings H01R9/2475, H01R9/2683 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/64 Means for preventing incorrect coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/7038 making use of a remote controlled switch, e.g. relais, solid state switch activated by the engagement of the coupling parts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/02 for antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 29/00 Coupling parts for selective co-operation with a counterpart in different ways to establish different circuits, e.g. for voltage selection, for series-parallel selection, programmable connectors
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/2475 Means facilitating correct wiring, e.g. marking plates, identification tags

Abstract

An adapter panel has an adapter where a connector including a wireless IC tag in a side surface is inserted or removed. The adapter panel includes a booster antenna placed in a position facing the wireless IC tag of the adapter when the connector is inserted to the adapter, and an equipment antenna placed in a surface of the adapter panel which is a reverse side of the surface where the connector is inserted or removed in a position corresponding to the booster antenna. The adapter panel is applicable to electronic equipment and a cable connector identification system.

Claims

1. An adapter panel having an adapter where a connector including a wireless IC tag in a side surface is inserted or removed, the adapter panel comprising:

a booster antenna placed in a position facing the wireless IC tag of the adapter when the connector is inserted to the adapter; and

an equipment antenna placed in a surface of the adapter panel which is a reverse side of the surface where the connector is inserted or removed in a position corresponding to the booster antenna.

2. The adapter panel of claim 1, wherein the booster antenna is placed substantially perpendicular to the equipment antenna.

3. The adapter panel of claim 1, wherein

the adapter panel has a first surface where the connector is inserted or removed, and a second surface which is a reverse side of the first surface,

the adapter is placed in the first surface, and

the equipment antenna is placed in the second surface.

4. The adapter panel of claim 1, further comprising an attachment to which the adapter is attached and which mounts the adapter to the adapter panel, wherein the attachment sets a position of the adapter.

7. A cable connector identification system comprising:

a cable having a connector;

equipment connected to the cable via the connector; and

the adapter panel according to claim 1.

8. The cable connector identification system of claim 7, wherein a plurality of adapters are arranged on the adapter panel in a matrix form.

9. The cable connector identification system of claim 7, wherein the cable is an optical fiber cable.

5. An adapter panel having a plurality of adapters where a connector including a wireless IC tag in a side surface is inserted or removed and including a first surface where the connector is inserted or removed and a second surface which is a reverse side of the first surface, the adapter panel comprising:

a booster antenna placed in a side surface of the adapter in a position facing the wireless IC tag when the connector is inserted to the adapter; and

an equipment antenna placed in the second surface of the adapter panel in a position corresponding to the booster antenna.

6. An electronic equipment comprising:

an adapter panel having in an outer side an adapter where a connector including a wireless IC tag in a side surface is inserted or removed;

a booster antenna placed in a position facing the wireless IC tag when the connector is inserted to the adapter; and

an equipment antenna placed inside the electronic equipment,

wherein the booster antenna relays wireless communication between the wireless ID tag and the equipment antenna.