US Patent Issued to VEGA Grieshaber on Jan. 13 for "Retrofitting module for a field device and field device with a modular design" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,934, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to VEGA Grieshaber KG (Wolfach, Germany).

"Retrofitting module for a field device and field device with a modular design" was invented by Roland Welle (Wolfach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retrofitting module for a process automation field device comprising field device electronics with at least one communication interface, characterized in that the retrofitting module has a security module, wherein the security module cooperates with the field device electronics such that a predetermined IT security level is achieved."

The patent was filed on May 5, 2020, under Application No. 17/91...