ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,677, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to RESIDEO LLC (Golden Valley, Minn.).

"Bracket tamper detection" was invented by Xiaohui Qin (Shanghai), Yongjun Chen (Shanghai) and Bin Shi (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes a premise security device, a mounting bracket, a first electrical cable, and a second electrical cable. The first electrical cable has a first electrical cable first end, connected to the premise security device controller, and a first electrical cable second end. The second electrical cable has a second electrical cable first end, electrically connected to the premise security device controller, an...