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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:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2003
Applicant:
Walton L. Fehr, Mundelein, IL (US);
Inventor:
Walton L. Fehr, Mundelein, IL (US);
Assignee:
Temic Automotive of North America, Inc., Deer Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/212 (2006.01); H04B 7/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An independent, broadcast medium () is used to communicate an time reference to each element: switch element (), active element (-) or passive element, of an in-vehicle network (). Each element () in the network accepts the time information, i.e., a time reference from the source. The time reference is then used by each element () to adjust an internal clock of the element. Commands may then be sent to the elements to occur at a particular time.