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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1995
Gerhard Eggert, Detmold, DE;
Walter Hanning, Detmold, DE;
Uwe Fiene, Steinheim, DE;
Michael Schnatwinkel, Herford, DE;
Rudolf Steinmeier, Detmold, DE;
Manfred Wilmes, Detmold, DE;
Eckhard Beins, Detmold, DE;
Matthiass Liesenjohann, Lage, DE;
Bernhard Schuster, Detmold, DE;
Andreas Wedler, Kalletal, DE;
Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co, Detmold, DE;
Abstract
A modular control system for connecting the electrical components of an automated system, such as switches, sensors, reactors and field units, with a master field bus system via an assembly of terminal blocks mounted on a grounded support rail, characterized in that the assembly includes a power supply terminal block, a ground terminal block, and at least one control signal terminal block for supplying control signals to control circuits carried by printed circuit boards contained within a removable electronics module. The various terminal block assemblies mounted on a given support rail are connected via internal bus bar means that is connected by a module with the master field bus.