ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,466, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Bi-directional controller area network communication system of multiple devices" was invented by Hyungho Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system for sub-devices from a first sub-device to an nth sub-device, which are connected to a main device through a communication line, includes a switch provided at each of both ends of the main device and the plurality of sub-devices to open and close the communication line, a termination resistor and a termination switch provided at each of both ends of the main devic...