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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
May. 13, 2002
David J. Bibelhausen, Mainville, OH (US);
Patrick F. Carle, Austin, TX (US);
Dan R. Shupe, Milford, OH (US);
Kevin E. Kramb, Lebanon, OH (US);
Donn V. Stoutenburg, Westerville, OH (US);
Chien-Tan Lien, Mason, OH (US);
Entek IRD International Corporation, Milford, OH (US);
Abstract
A monitoring and protection system is provided which is highly modular and expandable. The system is based upon individual monitoring modules which may be associated with one another in groups at locations or points along a machine system where dynamic operating conditions are to be monitored and controlled. The individual modules communicate between themselves, and with remote modules, via an open industrial data exchange protocol. The modules are thus freed of the need for a backplane or other backbone for mounting and communications purposes. Any number of modules may be positioned at the points of interest along the machine system, from as few as a single module to a large group of modules, with the entire system being expandable and contractible according to the design needs based upon the open industrial data exchange protocol.