Patents by Inventor Gernot Miksch

Gernot Miksch 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).

  • Communication module and method for connecting an electrical device to a network
    Patent number: 8483237
    Abstract: A communication module for connecting electrical host devices, each with an individual physical interface, to different external networks, where the communication module is connected to the host device via an interface and provides at least two physical interfaces, and where the communication module has a network connector which is adapted to the respective external network. In order to enable development of communication modules independently of the individual host device and to reuse them for many different host devices, provision is made for the host device to have a processor for identifying the communication module and for selecting the at least one physical interface which is suitable for the host device by means of serial communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Zimmermann, Pascal Hampikian, Gernot Miksch
  • COMMUNICATION MODULE AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE TO A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20110149994
    Abstract: A communication module for connecting electrical host devices, each with an individual physical interface, to different external networks, where the communication module is connected to the host device via an interface and provides at least two physical interfaces, and where the communication module has a network connector which is adapted to the respective external network. In order to enable development of communication modules independently of the individual host device and to reuse them for many different host devices, provision is made for the host device to have a processor for identifying the communication module and for selecting the at least one physical interface which is suitable for the host device by means of serial communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Achim Zimmermann, Pascal Hampikian, Gernot Miksch