ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,051, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Switching device for Ethernet-based fieldbuses" was invented by Frank Wolz (Wertheim-Bettingen, Germany) and Thomas Eckert-Fentzahn (Kreuzwertheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching device for Ethernet-based fieldbuses include a primary interface and at least two secondary interfaces, a plurality of protocol modules, a recognition module and at least two first selection elements assigned to the at least two secondary terminals. The protocol modules are configured to provide switching and/or routing functionality according to one of a plura...