IP Library Granted Patent US 7,374,101
Granted Patent B2
US 7,374,101 · App. 11/059,528 · Granted May 20, 2008

Adapter panel, electronic equipment, and cable connector identification system

Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,374,101
App. No.
11/059,528
Granted
May 20, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An adapter panel has an adapter where a connector including a wireless IC tag in a side surface is inserted or removed. The adapter panel includes a booster antenna placed in a position facing the wireless IC tag of the adapter when the connector is inserted to the adapter, and an equipment antenna placed in a surface of the adapter panel which is a reverse side of the surface where the connector is inserted or removed in a position corresponding to the booster antenna. The adapter panel is applicable to electronic equipment and a cable connector identification system.

Claims (23)

1. An adapter panel having an adapter where a connector including a wireless IC tag in a side surface is inserted or removed, the adapter panel comprising:

a booster antenna placed in a position facing the wireless IC tag of the adapter when the connector is inserted to the adapter; and

an equipment antenna placed in a surface of the adapter panel which is a reverse side of the surface where the connector is inserted or removed in a position corresponding to the booster antenna.

2. The adapter panel of claim 1 , wherein the booster antenna is placed substantially perpendicular to the equipment antenna.

3. The adapter panel of claim 1 , wherein

the adapter panel has a first surface where the connector is inserted or removed, and a second surface which is a reverse side of the first surface,

the adapter is placed in the first surface, and

the equipment antenna is placed in the second surface.

4. The adapter panel of claim 1 , further comprising an attachment to which the adapter is attached and which mounts the adapter to the adapter panel, wherein the attachment sets a position of the adapter.

5. An adapter panel having a plurality of adapters where a connector including a wireless IC tag in a side surface is inserted or removed and including a first surface where the connector is inserted or removed and a second surface which is a reverse side of the first surface, the adapter panel comprising:

a booster antenna placed in a side surface of the adapter in a position facing the wireless IC tag when the connector is inserted to the adapter; and

an equipment antenna placed in the second surface of the adapter panel in a position corresponding to the booster antenna.

6. An electronic equipment comprising:

an adapter panel having in an outer side an adapter where a connector including a wireless IC tag in a side surface is inserted or removed;

a booster antenna placed in a position facing the wireless IC tag when the connector is inserted to the adapter; and

an equipment antenna placed inside the electronic equipment,

wherein the booster antenna relays wireless communication between the wireless ID tag and the equipment antenna.

7. A cable connector identification system comprising:

a cable having a connector;

equipment connected to the cable via the connector; and

the adapter panel according to claim 1 .

8. The cable connector identification system of claim 7 , wherein a plurality of adapters are arranged on the adapter panel in a matrix form.

9. The cable connector identification system of claim 7 , wherein the cable is an optical fiber cable.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2005
From: KANEKO, TOSHIYUKI
To: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 016684/0598 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-044150 · Feb 20, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050215119A1 · Sep 29, 2005