ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,871, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Lenze SE (Aerzen, Germany).
"Automation system" was invented by Detlef Stork (Minden, Germany), Elmar Hartmann (Aerzen, Germany) and Matthias Boese (Aerzen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automation system includes function-providing components which offer functions, function-using components which access the functions, and at least one intermediary component. The function-providing components are configured to register with the intermediary component. The function-using components are configured to register with the intermediary component. When the function-using components require ...