Patents by Inventor Fred Guertner

Fred Guertner 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).

  • Method for operating a bus system for communication with a plurality of communication nodes, and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9135196
    Abstract: A method operates a bus system for communication with a plurality of communication nodes, in particular in a land vehicle and/or aircraft. A static, cyclically recurring time window of fixed length each communication node is assigned a time slot for transmission of user information of a byte count that can be specified at least once and fixed during the operation of the bus system. The time window has at least two cohesive sub-time windows. The same byte count is specified for all time slots of a sub-time window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Fred Guertner
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A BUS SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION WITH A PLURALITY OF COMMUNICATION NODES, AND MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140325106
    Abstract: A method operates a bus system for communication with a plurality of communication nodes, in particular in a land vehicle and/or aircraft. A static, cyclically recurring time window of fixed length each communication node is assigned a time slot for transmission of user information of a byte count that can be specified at least once and fixed during the operation of the bus system. The time window has at least two cohesive sub-time windows. The same byte count is specified for all time slots of a sub-time window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventor: Fred Guertner