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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Fisher-rosemount Systems, Inc., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventor:
Klaus Erni, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H04L 12/413 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/042 (2013.01); H04L 12/413 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example apparatus to communicatively couple three-wire field devices to controllers in a process control system are disclosed. An example terminal block is disclosed that includes a first interface including termination points to couple with a field device, a second interface to couple with a shared bus of a termination panel, wherein the shared bus is to remain coupled to a controller when the terminal block is removed, a third interface to couple with a power bus of the termination panel, and a fuse disposed between the first interface and the third interface.