Electronista reports, “Adapters using Apple’s concept would work ‘without requiring any additional cables or connectors,”‘ and power a peripheral ‘without requiring a host, peripheral or hub to remain powered on.’ More significantly, the patent mentions that devices would be able to ‘operate on buses that do not supply power.’ The wording is believed to refer to an optical connection type such as Light Peak.”
More info, including Apple’s patent application illustrations, in the full article here.
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