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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
May. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Pearce, High Wycombe, GB;
Assignee:
Madge Networks Limited, Bucks, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340825050 ; 370 8515 ;
Abstract
A local area network hub unit (5) has a plurality of switch units (16,17) connected in a ring. Each switch unit (16,17) may be connected to either an adjacent switch unit or to a group of pins of a connector unit (42). Each group of pins of the connector unit may be connected to respective end stations (8,9). Selected groups of two or more switch units (16,17) are connected to a common connector unit (42). Each group of pins of a connector unit (42) maybe coupled by a common coupling unit (7) to their respective end stations.