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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2009
Joshua Stumpf, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Bradford B. Billings, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Bradley Foreman, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Joshua Stumpf, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Bradford B. Billings, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Bradley Foreman, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Thales Avionics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A USB repeater assembly is provided for connecting a vehicle passenger entertainment system to a seat electronics box that may be at some distance from the entertainment system. The assembly comprises a host connector that connects with the seat electronics box and a device connector that connects with the passenger entertainment system. The passenger entertainment system comprises a USB personal control unit. The repeater assembly is housed within a shell, preferably a hardened one, enclosing a portion of the connectors as well as USB repeater circuitry and through-connects for connections associated with other components of the passenger entertainment system.