Patents by Inventor Olaf Grau

Olaf Grau has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electronic data-distribution control unit and method for operating such a control unit
    Patent number: 10956269
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating an electronic data-distribution control unit for a media access to a medium for the transmission of data, data being transmitted from a first physical interface for a first port in the data-distribution control unit to a second physical interface for a second port in the data-distribution control unit via a first media-independent interface between a media access control in the data-distribution control unit and the first physical interface and via a second media-independent interface between the media access control and the second physical interface, a case of a fault in the media access control being detected if a communication between the media access control and a monitoring logic in the data-distribution control unit fails, the monitoring logic, in the case of a fault, configuring the first physical interface and the second physical interface to transmit data via a third media-independent interface between the first physical interface and the second physical interface,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Olaf Grau
  • ELECTRONIC DATA-DISTRIBUTION CONTROL UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A CONTROL UNIT
    Publication number: 20190266055
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating an electronic data-distribution control unit for a media access to a medium for the transmission of data, data being transmitted from a first physical interface for a first port in the data-distribution control unit to a second physical interface for a second port in the data-distribution control unit via a first media-independent interface between a media access control in the data-distribution control unit and the first physical interface and via a second media-independent interface between the media access control and the second physical interface, a case of a fault in the media access control being detected if a communication between the media access control and a monitoring logic in the data-distribution control unit fails, the monitoring logic, in the case of a fault, configuring the first physical interface and the second physical interface to transmit data via a third media-independent interface between the first physical interface and the second physical interface,
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Olaf Grau