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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.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy R Piper, Monroeville, PA (US);
Matthew Bernard Horne, Allison Park, PA (US);
R T Kissell, Sr, Natrona Heights, PA (US);
Daniel A Hosko, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Process Control, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439717 ; 439715 ;
Abstract
A modular input/output (I/O) unit utilizes plug-in personality modules to provide any one of a variety of interfaces between I/O signal processing cards mounted in plug-in electronics module and a bank of terminals providing connections for field wiring.