Method and apparatus for a hub in daisy chain configuration
CA 2587005 C · Owner: Uponor Innovation Ab · Inventors: Kasian, Chris Edwin; Wiedemann, Jeffery Paul; Andersson, Jan Olof
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A connector hub comprising a number of cable interfaces is used to allow a number of network devices connected to a network to be connected in a freeform manner, yet still maintain a daisy chain configuration. A cable comprising at least two conductors, wherein the conductors are preferably a twisted pair of copper wire, is used to connect each of the network devices to a cable interface an the connector hub so that each network device only has a single cable connected to it. The connector hub connects a master or primary network device to the network devices connected by a cable to the cable interfaces of the connector in a daisy chain configuration.
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- Filed December 17, 2004 and granted May 14, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 17, 2024.
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