US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on July 8 for "Communicator and communication device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,597, issued on July 8, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Communicator and communication device" was invented by Makoto Mashita (Yokkaichi, Japan), Akira Miyajo (Yokkaichi, Japan), Masakatsu Moriguchi (Yokkaichi, Japan), Takeshi Hagihara (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Hirofumi Urayama (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communicator (relay) receives a differential signal that is a voltage difference between two electrical signals that propagate through two respective conducting wires. The commun...