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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:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas B Breen, Lansdowne, PA (US);
Donald R Brown, Farmington, CT (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3952008 ; 39520058 ; 395282 ; 370463 ;
Abstract
Electrical equipment is provided with an upgradable communication converter module in the form of a printed circuit board. The module is plugged into a communication converter module receptacle on the equipment for providing communication exchange between the equipment internal communication system and an external communication network. The communication converter module printed circuit board contains a network protocol interface, an isolated interface, a protocol converter, and an internal protocol interface.