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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2024
Applicant:

Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft Mbh, Minden, DE;

Inventors:

Karl Heckemann, Minden, DE;

Torsten Meyer, Pennigsehl, DE;

Christian Voss, Minden, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 27/18 (2006.01); G01R 31/50 (2020.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01); G01R 31/54 (2020.01); G01R 31/55 (2020.01); G01R 31/56 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2829 (2013.01); G01R 27/18 (2013.01); G01R 31/50 (2020.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01); G01R 31/54 (2020.01); G01R 31/55 (2020.01); G01R 31/56 (2020.01);
Abstract

A circuit is provided that has a safety-related digital input and an input circuit downstream of the safety-related digital input. The input circuit has a comparator circuit connected to the safety-related digital input and arranged to output a first value when a voltage applied to the comparator circuit is in a first range and to output a second value when the voltage applied to the comparator circuit is in a second range. The input circuit is also arranged to close a switch connected to the safety-related digital input for discharging capacitive elements in preparation for a test and to evaluate the voltage applied to the comparator circuit during the test.


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