ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,572, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to WELTREND SEMICONDUCTOR INC. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Universal serial bus architecture" was invented by Ming-Hung Kao (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Meng-Che Tsai (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chao-Chee Ku (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal serial bus (USB) Type-C interface architecture includes a USB plug, a USB socket, a power delivery controller, a first pin, a second pin, a first resistor switch, a second resistance switch, a third resistance switch and a fourth resistance switch. The first pin includes a first end coupled to the USB plug, and a second end coupled to the power delivery contro...