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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Thomas Kipling Naylor, Belmont, MA (US);
Michael Naylor, Legal Representative, Belmont, MA (US);
Clifford Risher-kelly, Wells, ME (US);
Charles Lemay, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Thomas Kipling Naylor, Belmont, MA (US);
Michael Naylor, legal representative, Belmont, MA (US);
Clifford Risher-Kelly, Wells, ME (US);
Charles LeMay, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Draeger Medical Systems, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Abstract
A cable detection system, includes a source of an input electrical AC signal for coupling to a first lead pin of a cable connector. A detector is coupled to a different second lead pin of the cable connector. The detector detects an electrical AC output signal derived by capacitive coupling of the input electrical AC signal occurring within a cable incorporating first and second leads corresponding to the first and second lead pins. The detector further enables a determination of whether the cable is connected to the cable connector in response to an amplitude dependent characteristic of the detected AC output signal.