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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leroy S Wignot, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348-6 ; 348-7 ; 348 11 ; 348731 ;
Abstract
A cable converter includes a first signal path from an RF input terminal to an RF output terminal including a tuner portion, a decoder portion, and a remodulator portion for remodulating a selected channel to an unused cable channel in the upper UHF band of cable channels in the range of cable channels 84 through 125. The subject cable converter also includes a direct parallel, second signal path from the RF input terminal to the RF output terminal. The second signal path passing all of the cable channels received at the RF input terminal to the RF output terminal substantially unimpeded.