ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,773, issued on June 23, was assigned to SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & Co. KG (Bruchsal, Germany).
"Automation system and method for operating an automation system" was invented by Roland Brecht (Karlsbad, Germany), Freddy Heinzelmann (Bruchsal, Germany) and Claus Beaury (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automation system includes a control device, a system bus, a first field device, and a second field device. The control device includes a system bus interface for communication with the field devices by the system bus, and each field device includes a data interface for communication by the system bus. Each field device includes a moni...