ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,476, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Schneider Electric (China) Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Connector for connecting a device and a communication line and connector system" was invented by Yuchun Guo (Shanghai), Ying Shi (Shanghai) and Baoyun Bi (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for connecting a device and a communication line is disclosed. The connector includes a first interface unit and an address storage unit. The first interface unit includes a plurality of connection ends. An address information is stored in the address storage unit. A first group of the connection ends is connected to the communication line. A s...