US 12,444,847 B2
Systems and related adapters for providing power to devices in a system
Seth Edward-Austin Hollar, Raleigh, NC (US); Ryan Michael Tedrick, Raleigh, NC (US); and Scott Fisher, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to Wiser Systems, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed by Wiser Systems, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/535,636.
Application 18/535,636 is a continuation of application No. 17/684,827, filed on Mar. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,876,310.
Application 17/684,827 is a continuation of application No. 15/903,221, filed on Feb. 23, 2018, granted, now 11,271,317, issued on Mar. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/462,418, filed on Feb. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0136722 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 9/26 (2006.01); H01Q 9/40 (2006.01); H04B 3/44 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H01Q 9/40 (2013.01) [G06F 1/266 (2013.01); H01Q 1/36 (2013.01); H01Q 9/265 (2013.01); H04B 3/44 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/40045 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2013.01); H04W 88/085 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing power and data to a device using a single cable between devices, the system comprising:
at least one gateway that provides power and data to at least one device in the system over a single, non-fiber optic cable; and
at least one adapter coupled to the gateway and the at least one device using the single cable, wherein each of the at least one adapters couples a single length of cable between devices and each single length of cable transfers both data and power received at each of the at least one adapters directly from a next device of the devices;
wherein each of the at least one adapters includes a physically separate jack that receives a connector of a single corresponding single cable therein and wherein the single cable has a single connector on both ends of the single length of cable; and
wherein each of the at least one gateway, at least one device and at least one adapter only receive a single gateway, adapter and/or device at each connector such that the gateways, adapters and devices are connected together in a single line.