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Cable/guidewire/interconnects communication apparatus and methods

  • US 9,025,598 B1
  • Filed: 03/22/2013
  • Issued: 05/05/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A signal-communicating apparatus having a signal-communication path for communicating between remotely situated compartments in a vehicle with the path defined by a flexible cable, the signal-communicating apparatus comprising:

  • a signal interconnecting circuit havinga first interface circuit configured and arranged to couple optical signals carried by an optical artery of the signal-communication path by securing and electrically connecting to a first portion of the cable,another interface circuit configured and arranged to couple electrical signals carried by an electrically-conductive artery of the signal-communication path by securing and electrically connecting to another portion of the cable,a signal-path connector configured and arranged to mechanically secure and communicatively couple the portions together, thereby enabling signals carried via the portions in the signal-communication path to traverse the signal-path connector; and

    a data communication circuit communicatively coupled to receive data carried by the signal-communication path via the flexible cable and the signal interconnecting circuit.

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