Patents by Inventor Timo Kistner

Timo Kistner 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).

  • Modular switching network node for a communications network
    Patent number: 10764212
    Abstract: A modular switching network node for a communications network, i.e., an industrial communications network, where the modular switching network node comprises a switching network node base unit and at least one port module, the at least one port module comprises at least one connection interface for coupling to the communications network, and where the modular switching network node is configured to forward communication data over one of the connection interfaces of the modular switching network node to at least one additional connection interface of the modular switching network node. The switching network node base unit is configured such that at least one of the port modules is swappable for a functional module to expand the functionality of the switching network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heiko Hack, Timo Kistner, Urs Schweizer, Andreas Schäffler, Michael Wagner
  • Modular Switching Network Node for a Communications Network
    Publication number: 20120294156
    Abstract: A modular switching network node for a communications network, i.e., an industrial communications network, where the modular switching network node comprises a switching network node base unit and at least one port module, the at least one port module comprises at least one connection interface for coupling to the communications network, and where the modular switching network node is configured to forward communication data over one of the connection interfaces of the modular switching network node to at least one additional connection interface of the modular switching network node. The switching network node base unit is configured such that at least one of the port modules is swappable for a functional module to expand the functionality of the switching network node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heiko Hack, Timo Kistner, Urs Schweizer, Andreas Schäffler, Michael Wagner