Patents by Inventor Lorenz Sommer

Lorenz Sommer 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).

  • Device for detecting interruptions in a ring bus
    Patent number: 8405400
    Abstract: A device for detecting interruptions in a ring bus has a first interface configured so that it permits connection of a first free end of a line of the ring bus so that the device transmits data to bus elements of the ring bus via the first interface, a second interface configured so that it permits connection of the second free end of the line of the ring bus, and the device detects a creeping interruption of the line of the ring bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Ristau, Lorenz Sommer
  • DEVICE FOR DETECTING INTERRUPTIONS IN A RING BUS
    Publication number: 20100011144
    Abstract: A device for detecting interruptions in a ring bus has a first interface configured so that it permits connection of a first free end of a line of the ring bus so that the device transmits data to bus elements of the ring bus via the first interface, a second interface configured so that it permits connection of the second free end of the line of the ring bus, and the device detects a creeping interruption of the line of the ring bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Torsten Ristau, Lorenz Sommer