US Patent Issued to GENETEC on May 27 for "Intermediary device for daisy chain and tree configuration in hybrid data/power connection" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,468, issued on May 27, was assigned to GENETEC INC. (Montreal).

"Intermediary device for daisy chain and tree configuration in hybrid data/power connection" was invented by Danny Roy (Montreal), Louis-Philippe Brais (Montreal), Benoit Lemieux (Montreal) and Jean-Yves Pikulik (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of intermediary devices may be interposed in a hybrid data/power connection between a power source and a powered device. In one aspect, the intermediary devices may be connected in series. Such connecting may be referred to as "daisy chaining." In other aspects, the intermediary devices may be connected in a tr...