General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Scott Carpenter

Robert Lynn LaFountain

Bruce S Rigsby

Bruce Robert Penning

Charles C Bilberry

A target detection assembly includes a detection member adapted to generate a first input signal, and an emulator module is removably secured to the detection member. The emulator module includes an emulator housing assembly removably secured to the detection member and a selection portion is disposed on the emulator housing assembly. The selection portion is configured to be oriented in a first and second selection mode. In the first selection mode, a first emulation circuit disposed within the emulator housing assembly receives the first input signal, processes the first input signal, and outputs a first output signal that is different than the first input signal. In the second selection mode, a second emulation circuit disposed within the emulator housing assembly receives the first input signal, processes the first input signal, and outputs a second output signal that is different than the first input signal and the first output signal.

Configurable switch emulator module

A magnetically-triggered proximity switch includes an actuator assembly disposed within a switch body, and the actuator assembly includes an actuator body extending along an actuator axis. A primary contact and a secondary contact is each coupled to the actuator body and may be separated from a center contact along the actuator axis. The actuator assembly is pivotable between a first switch position and a second switch position about a pivot axis. In the first switch position, the center contact is in contact with a common contact and the first contact is in contact with a primary contact, thereby completing a circuit between a common arm and a primary arm. In the second switch position, the center contact is in contact with the common contact and the second contact is in contact with a secondary contact, thereby completing a circuit between the common arm and a secondary arm.

Zero moment switch mechanism

A calibration system having an actuator with a rotatable shaft and a switch box housing a proximity switch and a calibration mechanism. The calibration mechanism is coupled to the shaft and includes a base, a target carrier, a driver, and an actuating button having a cam. The base includes a locating magnet, and the target carrier includes a primary magnet and a bias magnet polarized in the same direction as the locating magnet. The driver is shiftable between a first position in which the driver engages the target carrier and a second position disengaged from the target carrier. The cam engages the driver and shifts the driver between the first and second positions. Upon rotation of the shaft, the bias magnet automatically moves to a position aligned with the locating magnet when the driver is in the second position.

Calibration mechanism for proximity switch

A valve controller assembly includes a first switch that generates a first input signal based on an operational parameter of a control valve, and a docking assembly is communicatively coupled to the first switch. A switching module is removably secured to and communicatively coupled to the docking assembly such that the first switch is communicatively coupled to the switching module when the switching module is secured to the docking member. The switching module includes a first emulation circuit adapted to receive the first input signal, process the first input signal, and output a first output signal that is different than the first input signal.

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Sellersburg, IN, United States of America

Scott Carpenter