ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,851, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).
"Single cable optical data/power transmission powering device system" was invented by Shree Rathinasamy (Round Rock, Texas), Victor Teeter (Round Rock, Texas) and Neal Beard (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single cable optical data/power transmission powering device system includes a single cable optical data/power transmission powering device coupled to a single cable optical data/power transmission powered device via an optical data/power transmission cable. The single cable optical data/power transmission powering device is coupled to the o...