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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2003
Ralf Bauermeister, Waiblingen, DE;
Jürgen Gutekunst, Nürtingen, DE;
Murr-Elektronik GmbH, Oppenweiler, DE;
Abstract
A connecting plug for connecting an input/output unit to a machine control with a central bus, wherein the input/output unit is to be connected to a multi-strand electrical cable connected to a bus node, has a housing with a first plug connection for an incoming cable and a second plug connection for an outgoing cable. The incoming cable is looped through to the outgoing cable forming a looped-through cable. The housing has a connector for the input/output unit. An electronic device is arranged in the housing and connected to the connector. The connector is connected by the electronic device to the looped-through cable.