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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2016
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Donald B. Lee, Shoreline, WA (US);
Brian Edward Ward, Kent, WA (US);
Timothy M. Mitchell, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
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.