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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co. KG, Blomberg, DE;
Inventor:
Michael Hoffmann, Lemgo, DE;
Assignee:
Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/418 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04L 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40143 (2013.01); G05B 19/418 (2013.01); H04L 12/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/4185 (2013.01); H04L 2012/4026 (2013.01);
Abstract
A coupling device that couples a first bus system to a second bus system configured to provide bidirectional communication between the first bus system and the second bus system comprising data transfer means for transmitting forward-directed data from the first bus system to the second bus system and for transmitting backward-directed data from the second bus system to the first bus system, data manipulation means for manipulating forward-directed data and/or backward-directed, and an instruction memory for storing manipulation instructions relating to the manipulation of data by the data manipulation means.