ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,287, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to PassiveLogic Inc. (Holladay, Utah).

"Perceptible indicators of wires being attached correctly to controller" was invented by Troy Aaron Harvey (Brighton, Utah) and Jeremy David Fillingim (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module is described which is slidably attachable to a controller. Resource wires are connected to the module through resource connectors. The module has a circuit board that can perform actions. The module can modify the function of its resource connectors. These modifications may be to meet the requirements of resources that are to be connected to the module. Th...