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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 26, 2015
Applicant:

Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US);

Inventors:

Thomas J. Milvert, Columbus, IN (US);

Miguel A. Gonzalez, Jr., Columbus, IN (US);

Joseph L. Gahimer, Columbus, IN (US);

Adrian Delforge, Rockport, MD (US);

Anirban De, Columbus, IN (US);

Assignee:

Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 5/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); H02J 5/00 (2016.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H04B 3/56 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/70 (2016.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/80 (2016.02); B60L 5/005 (2013.01); B60R 16/03 (2013.01); H02J 13/0024 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/40 (2016.02); H02J 50/70 (2016.02); H04B 3/56 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5416 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5483 (2013.01); Y10T 307/414 (2015.04);
Abstract

An apparatus includes an AC power module that provides alternating current ('AC') electrical power; a power distribution wiring harness that receives the AC electrical power from the AC power module; a signal injection module that injects a communication signal on the power distribution wiring harness using signal modulation; and a plurality of inductive coupling modules, each inductive coupling module inductively receiving power and the communication signal from a location along the power distribution wiring harness, wherein each inductive coupling module is structured to transmit at least one of the power and the communication signal to one or more loads, wherein each inductive coupling module is separate from other inductive coupling modules in the plurality of inductive coupling modules.


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