ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,053, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Delivery of AC power with higher power PoE (power over ethernet) systems" was invented by Joel Richard Goergen (Soulsbyville, Calif.), Chad M. Jones (Doylestown, Ohio) and Dylan T. Walker (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided that includes grouping a plurality of ports at power sourcing equipment receiving pulse power and transmitting power from the group of ports at the power sourcing equipment to a power interface module operable to combine the power and provide an AC (alternating current) outlet configured to provide AC ...