ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,878, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Pole and pole unit" was invented by Kazuki Ogata (Tokyo), Satoru Koizumi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Satoshi Hagiwara (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module includes coupling parts configured to be coupled to another pole unit and a device accommodation part configured to be able to accommodate a device. The device accommodation part includes a first region and a second region. The first region is a region accessible by a first user. The second region is a region accessible by a second user."
The patent was filed on Feb. 14, 2022, under Application No. 18/836,08...