ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,417, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH (Bensheim, Germany) and TE Connectivity Nederland B.V. (S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands).

"Splitting unit for a single pair ethernet hybrid line and hybrid ethernet power system" was invented by Jeroen Joszef Maria De Bruijn (S'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands), Wijnand Van Gils (s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands), Peter Dirk Jaeger (s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) and Michael Hilgner (Bensheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A splitting unit for a single pair Ethernet (SPE) hybrid line includes an input connection element, a first output connection element, a second output...