ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCH VIA WIRING CONNECTOR

摘要

A switching system is disclosed and includes a first device including a dormant local supply and a ground source and a first device connector having a plurality of first device terminals. The first device includes a switching unit for selectively coupling a first device power terminal to the dormant local supply in an on mode and for decoupling the first device power terminal and the dormant local supply in an off mode. A cable subassembly includes a shield and a first cable connector including a plurality of first cable connector terminals for connection to the first device terminals. The shield is connected to a first cable ground terminal for interconnecting the first device power terminal to the dormant local supply in response to the first cable connector engaging the first device connector and forming a conductive path through the shield to the ground source and activating the switching unit.

主权项

1. A device comprising:
an active supply node for coupling to an active electrical supply from a second device; a dormant local supply node for selectively supplying power to said device; a first device connector for coupling with the second device through a cable subassembly; and a switching unit coupled to said dormant local supply node and said active supply node and to said first device connector, said switching unit configured to selectively decouple said active supply node and said dormant local supply node in an off mode in response to the cable subassembly disengaging said first device connector and to couple said active supply node to said dormant local supply node in an on mode in response to the cable subassembly engaging said first device connector.