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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10154603 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018

Filed:

May. 19, 2015

Input/output module bus contact system and method

Applicant:

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);

Inventors:

Nathan J. Molnar, Shaker Heights, OH (US);

David S. Wehrle, Chesterland, OH (US);

Douglas R. Bodmann, Shaker Heights, OH (US);

Robert J. Hager, Windsor, OH (US);

Joseph G. Vazach, Mentor, OH (US);

Robert J. Kretschmann, Bay Village, OH (US);

Gregg M. Sichner, Mentor, OH (US);

Douglas A. Lostoski, Richfield, OH (US);

Assignee:

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);

Attorney:

Fletcher Yoder P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Jared Fureman

Assistant Examiner:

Joel Barnett

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/14 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/635 (2006.01); G05B 19/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/1468 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/054 (2013.01); G05B 19/056 (2013.01); G06F 9/44505 (2013.01); G06F 13/10 (2013.01); H01R 13/62 (2013.01); H01R 13/629 (2013.01); H01R 13/635 (2013.01); H05K 7/1474 (2013.01); H05K 7/1484 (2013.01); G05B 2219/21092 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25314 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25452 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49117 (2015.01); Y10T 307/937 (2015.04);
Abstract

Present embodiments include an automation control system that includes an input/output device module with a device bus therein. The input/output module also includes a first bus contact on a first side of the input/output device module and communicatively coupled with a first end of the device bus, and a second bus contact on a second side of the input/output device module and communicatively coupled with a second end of the device bus. The second side generally faces an opposite direction from the first side and the input/output device module is configured to be coupled with additional input/output device modules positioned on the first and second sides of the input/output device module via the first and second bus contacts. Further, the first and second bus contacts are positioned on non-lateral surfaces of the input/output device module, the first and second contacts include spring-loaded connectors, the first and second contacts include two-prong or three-prong forks, or the input/output device module is a terminal block.

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