Patent ID: 11956092
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A connector comprising:
a superordinate power line via which power is supplied from a master device;
a power branching unit to divide the superordinate power line into a first power line connected to a superordinate slave device and a second power line connected to a subordinate slave device;
a superordinate signal line via which communication data between the master device and the superordinate slave device is configured to be transmitted;
a subordinate signal line which is electrically disconnected from the superordinate signal line and via which communication data between the superordinate slave device and the subordinate slave device is configured to be transmitted; and
a standby power line via which power is supplied from the master device, the standby power line being separate from the superordinate power line,
wherein the superordinate signal line and the subordinate signal line are electrically disconnected from each other in the connector.