Patents by Inventor Thorsten OPITZ

Thorsten OPITZ 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 slave node of a digital bus system
    Patent number: 9460035
    Abstract: A method for operating a slave node of a digital bus system is described. The slave node comprises two sending and receiving devices. In the bus system, an input data frame is sent to a master node in input direction. The slave node receives the input data frame by the first sending and receiving device. The slave node stores service data packets contained in the input data frame in a FIFO memory. The slave node attaches at least one process data packet of its own to a last process data packet in the input data frame. The slave node attaches the service data packets to the process data packet, which is now last, in the input data frame. The slave node sends the input data frame, which was changed in this manner, to the next node in input direction by the second sending and receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Thorsten Opitz, Frank Wothe
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A SLAVE NODE OF A DIGITAL BUS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140325102
    Abstract: A method for operating a slave node of a digital bus system is described. The slave node comprises two sending and receiving devices. In the bus system, an input data frame is sent to a master node in input direction. The slave node receives the input data frame by the first sending and receiving device. The slave node stores service data packets contained in the input data frame in a FIFO memory. The slave node attaches at least one process data packet of its own to a last process data packet in the input data frame. The slave node attaches the service data packets to the process data packet, which is now last, in the input data frame. The slave node sends the input data frame, which was changed in this manner, to the next node in input direction by the second sending and receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: GE Energy Power Conversion GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten OPITZ, Frank WOTHE