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Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2005
Applicants:

Donald B Lee, Shoreline, WA (US);

Bradley J Mitchell, Snohomish, WA (US);

Larry R Schultz, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Donald B Lee, Shoreline, WA (US);

Bradley J Mitchell, Snohomish, WA (US);

Larry R Schultz, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for transmitting wireless energy between two or more components housed within a faraday-like cage structure. In one preferred form a cooling plenum of an equipment rack supporting a plurality of independent components is used for transmitting wireless signals between the components. In another form a wireless backplane is formed in an equipment rack that houses a plurality of LRUs. In another example a card file housing a plurality of components forms a faraday-like cage for enabling transmission of wireless signals, either electromagnetic wave or optical signals, between various circuit boards held within the card file. The various preferred embodiments eliminate the need for expensive, bulky and heavy electrical or optical cabling to be used to intercouple the components supported within the support structure for communication.


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