US Patent Issued to VIA LABS on June 30 for "Interface conversion device" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,116, issued on June 30, was assigned to VIA LABS INC. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Interface conversion device" was invented by Yu-Lung Lin (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Chih-Nan Lo (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Hui-De Kang (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface conversion device includes a USB connector and a DP connector, a conversion driver, and a DP multiplexer. The conversion driver includes a UFP coupled to the USB connector and a DP output port. The DP multiplexer includes a USB port coupled to the DP output port and a DP port coupled to the DP connector. The conversion driver detects configuration in...