ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,021, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany).

"Network coupling device for a network and network with a network coupling device" was invented by Tarek Schlabeck (Kirchlengern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network coupling device for coupling at least one appliance to a network via an electrical line includes: at least one terminal unit for connecting the at least one appliance to the network coupling device via the electrical line; at least one transceiver unit assigned to the at least one terminal unit, the at least one transceiver unit coupling at least one signal into and/or o...