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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
Applicants:
Michael Becker, Philippsburg, DE;
Frank Bähren, Karlsruhe, DE;
Andreas Stiegler, Ettlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH, Karlsbad, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a ring-shaped MOST network installed in a motor vehicle, several units are linked to one another by several linkage sections. They function as data source, data sink, or transceiver. At least some of the units have two or more transceiver modules. To relieve the processors of such units with more than one transceiver module, only one network controller is present in such a unit for all its transceiver modules.