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Patent No.:

US 10084550 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2016

Methods and systems for communicatively coupling vehicles and ground systems

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Donald B. Lee, Shoreline, WA (US);

Brian Edward Ward, Kent, WA (US);

Timothy M. Mitchell, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Armstrong Teasdale LLP

Primary Examiner:

Russell Warren Frejd

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/80 (2013.01); H04B 10/25 (2013.01); H04B 10/03 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/807 (2013.01); G02B 6/3817 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2013.01); H04B 10/03 (2013.01); H04B 10/2504 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle that includes an onboard connector including a conductive portion and an optical communication portion. The vehicle further includes an optical interface coupled in communication with the onboard connector and onboard systems of the vehicle. The optical interface is configured to at least one of receive or transmit optical signals via the optical communication portion. When a ground-system connector is connected to the onboard connector, data included in the optical signals is communicated between the ground system connector and the onboard systems of the vehicle.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lee, Donald. (2018). Methods and systems for communicatively coupling vehicles and ground systems (U.S. Patent No. 10084550). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10084550

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