Patents by Inventor Katherine L. Sokolnicki

Katherine L. Sokolnicki 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).

  • ON-MACHINE INDUSTRIAL SPE NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20230291588
    Abstract: An industrial Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) system and method for connecting devices within an industrial automation system is provided. The industrial SPE system comprises a trunkline formed by a series of trunk cables, where each trunk cable includes a power pair and an SPE pair, and one or more taps connected between the trunk cables of the trunkline. The industrial SPE system further comprises a drop line connected to each of the one or more taps, and a device connected to each of one or more taps via the drop lines. The device is an actuator or a sensor, and at least one of the device and the one or more taps includes a dual-port SPE switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Katherine L. Sokolnicki, David D. Brandt, Rebecca R. Jaeger, Dayin Xu