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Electrical connecting device having mating state indication means

US7854623B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 25, 2005
Grant dateDec 21, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/629
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This connecting device has a connector and a counterpart connector suitable to mate therewith, and at least one RFID tag attached to one of said connectors and suitable to communicate with reader, said RFID tag including an antenna. The device further includes a switch adapted to put the RFID tag either in a first communication state or in a second communication state, depending on the full or incomplete mating state of the connectors.

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