Joshua M Stumpf

US Patent:

20100262748, Oct 14, 2010

Filed:

Apr 10, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/421668

Inventors:

Joshua Stumpf - Mission Viejo CA, US
Bradford B. Billings - Lake Forest CA, US
Bradley Foreman - Mission Viejo CA, US

Assignee:

Thales Avionics, Inc. - Irvine CA

International Classification:

G06F 13/20

US Classification:

710313

Abstract:

A USB repeater assembly is provided for connecting a vehicle passenger entertainment system to a seat electronics box that may be at some distance from the entertainment system. The assembly comprises a host connector that connects with the seat electronics box and a device connector that connects with the passenger entertainment system. The passenger entertainment system comprises a USB personal control unit. The repeater assembly is housed within a shell, preferably a hardened one, enclosing a portion of the connectors as well as USB repeater circuitry and through-connects for connections associated with other components of the passenger entertainment system.