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US006857897B2
(12) United States Patent (io) Patent No.: US 6,857,897 B2
Conn (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 22,2005
(54) REMOTE CABLE ASSIST 4,365,238 A * 12/1982 Kollin 340/521
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(75) Inventor: Kevin D. Conn, Magnolia, TX (US) 5,493,618 A * 2/1996 Stevens et al 381/110
5,910,776 A * 6/1999 Black 340/10.1
(73) Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development 6,445,087 Bl * 9/2002 Wang et al 307/40
Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US) 6,688,910 Bl * 2/2004 Macauley 439/491
6,759,966 Bl * 7/2004 Weng 340/825.69
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
patent is extended or adjusted under 35 * cited by examiner
U.S.C. 154(b) by 17 days.
