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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:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Rudolf L. Papenbreer, Wuppertal, DE;
Norbert Machuletz, Wetter, DE;
Dirk Lorenz, Hagen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rockwell Automation Germany GmbH & Co KG, Wuppertal, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A modular safety system for controlling emergency stop applications includes a plurality of inputs, a plurality of output groups, and a plurality of safe relay outputs. The plurality of inputs is assigned to at least one of the output groups. Each output group is configured to control at least one of the plurality of safe relay outputs. The system also includes means for configuring the system and at least three freely programmable output groups.