US Patent Issued on July 1 for "Power distribution and data routing in a network of devices interconnected by hybrid data/power links" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,323, issued on July 1.

"Power distribution and data routing in a network of devices interconnected by hybrid data/power links" was invented by Danny Roy (Montreal), Louis-Philippe Brais (Montreal) and Jean-Yves Pikulik (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for execution in a central controller comprises obtaining an interconnection topology for a plurality of nodes interconnected via hybrid data/power links; obtaining a power distribution map associated with the topology; and causing DC power to be distributed to the nodes via the links according to the power distribution map. Also, such a node in which there is at least o...