IP Library Granted Patent US 9,991,649
Granted Patent B1
US 9,991,649 · App. 15/462,508 · Granted Jun 5, 2018

Cable identification system

Inventor: John Nam Nguyen (Austin, TX)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
H01R13/70H01R13/717
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Patent No.
US 9,991,649
App. No.
15/462,508
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

A cable identification system includes a cable. A first connector is located on the cable and includes a first light emitting device. A first loop circuit includes the first light emitting device and a first diode. The first loop circuit is connected to a first wire that extends through the cable. A second connector is located on the cable and includes a second identification actuator that is configured to decouple the first wire from ground such that first radio waves produced adjacent the first loop circuit will induce a first current flow in the first loop circuit that causes the first light emitting device to emit light.

Claims (50)

1. A cable identification system, comprising:

a cable;

a first connector that is located on the cable and that includes a first light emitting device;

a first loop circuit that includes the first light emitting device and a first diode, wherein the first loop circuit is connected to a first wire that extends through the cable; and

a second connector that is located on the cable and that includes a second identification actuator that is configured to decouple the first wire from ground such that first radio waves produced adjacent the first loop circuit will induce a first current flow in the first loop circuit that causes the first light emitting device to emit light.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second light emitting device included on the second connector;

a second loop circuit that includes the second light emitting device and a second diode, wherein the second loop circuit is connected to a second wire that extends through the cable; and

a first identification actuator that is included on the first connector and that is configured to decouple the second wire from ground such that second radio waves produced adjacent the second loop circuit will induce a second current flow in second loop circuit that causes the second light emitting device to emit light.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second identification actuator is biased such that the first wire is coupled to ground when the second identification actuator is not actuated, and wherein the system further comprises:

an actuator lock mechanism that is configured, when the second identification actuator has been actuated to decouple the first wire from ground, to engage the second identification actuator such that the second identification actuator remains actuated to decouple the first wire from ground.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first diode is a germanium diode.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first radio waves are produced by a mobile computing device transmitting wireless communications.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the mobile phone includes an application that is run to cause the transmission of the wireless communications that produce the first radio waves.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first loop circuit is sized to provide a resonance that allows the first current flow produced by the first radio waves in first loop circuit to cause the first light emitting device to emit light.

8. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising

a first device;

a second device;

a cable extending between the first device and the second device;

a first connector that is located on the cable and connected to the first device;

a first light emitting device that is included on the first connector;

a first loop circuit that includes the first light emitting device and a first diode, wherein the first loop circuit is connected to a first wire that extends through the cable;

a second connector that is located on the cable and connected to the second device; and

a second identification actuator that is located on the second connector and that is configured to decouple the first wire from ground such that first radio waves produced adjacent the first loop circuit will induce a first current flow in the first loop circuit that causes the first light emitting device to emit light.

9. The IHS of claim 8 , further comprising:

a second light emitting device that is included on the second connector;

a second loop circuit that includes the second light emitting device and a second diode, wherein the second loop circuit is connected to a second wire that extends through the cable; and

a first identification actuator that is located on the first connector and that is configured to decouple the second wire from ground such that second radio waves produced adjacent the second loop circuit will induce a second current flow in the second loop circuit that causes the second light emitting device to emit light.

10. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the second identification actuator is biased such that the first wire is coupled to ground when the second identification actuator is not actuated, and wherein the IHS further comprises:

an actuator lock mechanism that is configured, when the second identification actuator has been actuated to decouple the first wire from ground, to engage the second identification actuator such that the second identification actuator remains actuated to decouple the first wire from ground.

11. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the first diode is a germanium diode.

12. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the first radio waves are produced by a mobile computing device transmitting wireless communications.

13. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the first loop circuit is sized to provide a resonance that allows the first current flow produced by the first radio waves in first loop circuit to cause the first light emitting device to emit light.

14. A method for identifying a cable, comprising:

decoupling, in response to an actuation of a second identification actuator on a second connector that is located on the cable including a first connector having a first light emitting device, a first wire that extends through the cable from ground;

inducing, in response to a production of first radio waves adjacent a first loop circuit that is connected to the first wire and that includes a first diode and the first light emitting device, a first current flow through the first loop circuit;

providing, in response to the decoupling of the first wire from ground, the first current flow through the first loop circuit; and

emitting, by the first light emitting device in response to the first current flow, light.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

decoupling, in response to the actuation of a first identification actuator on the first connector that is located on the cable including the second connector having a second light emitting device, a second wire that extends through the cable from ground;

inducing, in response to a production of second radio waves adjacent a second loop circuit that is connected to the second wire and that includes a second diode and the second light emitting device, a second current flow through the second loop circuit;

providing, in response to the decoupling of the second wire from ground, the second current flow through the second loop circuit; and

emitting, by the second light emitting device in response to the second first current flow, light.

16. The method of claim 14 ,

biasing the second identification actuator such that the first wire is coupled to ground when the second identification actuator is not actuated; and

engaging, when the second identification actuator has been actuated to decouple the first wire from ground, an actuator lock mechanism with the second identification actuator such that the second identification actuator remains actuated to decouple the first wire from ground.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first diode is a germanium diode.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first radio waves are produced by a mobile computing device transmitting wireless communications.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the mobile phone includes an application that is run to cause the transmission of the wireless communications that produce the first radio waves.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first loop circuit is sized to provide a resonance that allows the first current flow produced by the first radio waves in the first loop circuit to cause the first light emitting device to emit light.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053546/0001) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (042769/0001) Recorded Apr 26, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO MOZY, INC.); DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.)
Reel/Frame 059803/0802 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 042768 FRAME 0585 Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; MOZY, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 058297/0536 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053546/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 21, 2019
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049452/0223 →
PATENT SECURITY INTEREST (CREDIT) Recorded Jun 12, 2017
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; MOZY, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 042768/0585 →
PATENT SECURITY INTEREST (NOTES) Recorded Jun 12, 2017
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; MOZY, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 042769/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2017
From: NGUYEN, JOHN NAM
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Reel/Frame 041623/0167 →