US Patent Issued to Sound Devices on July 14 for "Bidirectional multi-channel audio link for transducers" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,279, issued on July 14, was assigned to Sound Devices LLC (Reedsburg, Wis.).

"Bidirectional multi-channel audio link for transducers" was invented by Matthew G. Anderson (Madison, Wis.) and Francois Morin (Chambly, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio transducer system, such as in-ear monitors, are connected to an audio base unit, such as a receiver body pack, using a bidirectional serial time-division multiplexed link. The bidirectional connecting cable has a single active conductor and a ground wire, a detachable connector to the receiver body pack and, preferably, a detachable connector to the sin-ear monitors. The inven...