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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:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2015
Tyco Electronics Uk Ltd, Wiltshire, GB;
Tyco Electronics Shanghai Co., Ltd, Shanghai, CN;
Tyco Electronics Raychem Bvba, Kessel-Lo, BE;
Stephen Lambourn, Wiltshire, GB;
Ian Miles Standish, North Wales, GB;
XingJun Cheng, Shanghai, CN;
Christopher Charles Taylor, Cheltenham, GB;
Erwin Junius, Tremelo, BE;
CommScope Connectivity UK Limited, London, GB;
ADC Telecommunications (Shanghai) Distribution Co., Ltd., Shanghai, CN;
CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA, Kessel-Lo, BE;
Abstract
One embodiment is directed to a system comprising a panel comprising a plurality of openings. The system is configured to selectively couple a panel contact for each opening to an RFID reader. The system further comprises a plurality of optical adapters. Each optical adapter comprises: at least one radio frequency identifier (RFID) antenna; at least one adapter contact that is electrically connected to the RFID antenna; and at least one conductor configured to electrically connect the adapter contact to respective one of respective panel contacts when the optical adapter is inserted into one of the openings of the panel. The RFID antenna of each connector is configured to be positioned near an RFID tag attached to the connector when the connector is inserted into the body of the optical adapter. The system is configured to selectively couple the RFID reader to each of the panel contacts. Other embodiments are disclosed.