ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,914, issued on July 29, was assigned to Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD (Hangzhou, China).

"System with a plurality of type-C ports and control method thereof" was invented by Tzuming Yu (Hangzhou, China), Chenchia Wu (Hangzhou, China), Pinjui Jen (Hangzhou, China), Weichih Huang (Hangzhou, China) and Hongfeng Fan (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can include: a plurality of Type-C ports configured to connect with a plurality of external devices; a plurality of power conversion circuits having a dual-directional power transmission function, where each power conversion circuit is connected betwee...