Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated

Regal Beloit America, Inc.

Vinod Bhansali

Patrick E Ozimek

Jeremiah Kopiness

John Balcerak

Magesh Subbarao Rengabashyam

Shailendra Shukla

Marc C McKinzie

An improved system for connecting a DC bus cable and a remote motor drive includes a capacitance module and an extension module that may each be mounted adjacent to the remote motor drive. The capacitance module includes a first DC bus connector and a second DC bus connector. The first DC bus connector includes a terminal block configured to receive a pair of conductors for the DC bus. The first DC bus connector further includes a pair of intermediate bus bars where each of the intermediate bus bars are connected at a first end to the terminal block and at a second end to a circuit board contained within the capacitance module. Traces on the circuit board are routed between the second ends of the intermediate bus bars and the second DC bus connector. The second DC bus connector is configured to be connected to DC bus bars.

Method and apparatus for increasing current capacity of a distributed drive system

A motor controller including a communication port and a computing device coupled to the communication port is described. The computing device is capable of communicating using a plurality of communication protocols and is configured to detect that an external device has connected to the communication port. The computing device is further configured to identify a first communication protocol used by the external device, wherein the first communication protocol is one of the plurality of communication protocols, and communicate with the external device using the first communication protocol.

System and method for enabling a motor controller to communicate using multiple different communication protocols

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Vinod Bhansali