US0090l9838B2
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`(12) United States Patent
`Austermann, III et al.
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`(10) Patent N0.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US 9,019,838 B2
`Apr. 28, 2015
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`(54) CENTRAL PIECE OF NETVVORK
`EQUIPlVIE,\lT
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`(75)
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`Inventors: John F. Austermann, III, Huntington
`Woods’ MI (US); Marshall B‘
`Cummings, Troy, MI (US)
`(73) Assignee Chl_iMal_ systems Inc Famlingwn
`H1115, MI (US)
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`H04B 2203/5445 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5458
`(2013.01); H043 2203/5466 (2013.01); H041)’
`2203/547 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5491
`(2013.01); H043 2203/5495 (2013.01)
`(58) Field of Classification Search
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`See application file for complete search history.
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`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`A central piece of network equipment having at least one
`Ethernet connector having first and second pairs of contacts
`used to carry BaseT Ethernet communication signals and at
`least one electrical supply used by the central piece of net-
`work equipment to change impedance between at least one of
`the contacts of the first pair of contacts and at least one of the
`contacts of the second pair of contacts.
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`92 Claims, 13 Drawing Sheets
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