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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:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher Gavin Brickell, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; G06F 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; G06F 3/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is described for addressing a plurality of interconnected electronic modules. One of the modules is initialized as a master module which sets its own internal address and broadcasts address information to each of the other modules during an addressing process. The other modules receive address information from the master module and set their internal addresses accordingly, such that each module has a unique internal address. The other modules also may broadcast information which may be received by the master module.