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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2023
Applicant:
Drägerwerk Ag &co. Kgaa, Lübeck, DE;
Inventors:
Georgios Kokovidis, Waltham, MA (US);
Peter Lund, Nashua, NH (US);
Assignee:
Draegerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/641 (2006.01); A61B 5/273 (2021.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01); H01R 13/717 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/641 (2013.01); A61B 5/273 (2021.01); H01R 13/6683 (2013.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01); H01R 13/7175 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A connector detection system includes a connector interface including a connector port having an interior volume configured receive a connector of a cable; and an optical sensor. The optical sensor includes a transmitter configured to transmit a light beam across the interior volume; a receiver configured to monitor for a reflected light beam corresponding to the transmitted light beam; and processing circuitry configured to determine whether the connector is inserted into the interior volume based on a monitoring for the reflected light beam.