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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2007
Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Winona, MN (US);
Stanton Hopkins Breitlow, Winona, MN (US);
John Frederic Lemke, Houston, MN (US);
Keith Douglas Ness, Winona, MN (US);
Robert Allen Pape, Winona, MN (US);
Larry Emil Tiedemann, Winona, MN (US);
Theodore Thomas Von Arx, La Crescent, MN (US);
Dale Thomas Wolfe, Trempealeau, WI (US);
Matthew Francis Yender, Minnesota City, MN (US);
Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Winona, MN (US);
Stanton Hopkins Breitlow, Winona, MN (US);
John Frederic Lemke, Houston, MN (US);
Keith Douglas Ness, Winona, MN (US);
Robert Allen Pape, Winona, MN (US);
Larry Emil Tiedemann, Winona, MN (US);
Theodore Thomas Von Arx, La Crescent, MN (US);
Dale Thomas Wolfe, Trempealeau, WI (US);
Matthew Francis Yender, Minnesota City, MN (US);
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A 1/16 DIN power controller configuration is provided that includes a housing, a circuit board carrier disposed within the housing and capable of engaging at least three circuit boards within the housing, a power supply circuit board disposed within the housing and engaged by the circuit board carrier, and a communications circuit board disposed adjacent the power supply circuit board within the housing and engaged by the circuit board carrier. The communications circuit board includes Ethernet/IP and/or Modbus TCP protocols, and in alternate forms includes RS-232 and RS-485 with Modbus RTU protocol, DeviceNet, Profibus DP, CanOpen, and/or EtherCat.