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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
May. 02, 2007
Glen E. Schmidt, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Michel J. Baillargeon, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Robert Farmer, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Gregory J. Golden, Owasso, OK (US);
Ray Shepherd, Tulsa, OK (US);
Glen E. Schmidt, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Michel J. Baillargeon, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Robert Farmer, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Gregory J. Golden, Owasso, OK (US);
Ray Shepherd, Tulsa, OK (US);
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a novel device, system, and method for data transport and bus architecture. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the bus architecture may comprise of a continuous serial bus that may be incorporated into a process control sample system to provide an intrinsically safe and efficient system. An alternative exemplary embodiment, in an intrinsically safe control sampling system, a data transport device may be used to couple sampling controls and analyzers. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention may contain an access controller providing a protocol bridge for an intrinsically safe control sampling system to couple sampling controls and analyzers.