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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Rosemount Inc., Chanhassen, MN (US);
Inventor:
Mark S. Schumacher, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Rosemount Inc., Chanhassen, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/30 (2006.01); H01R 11/05 (2006.01); H01R 4/44 (2006.01); H01R 12/51 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 11/05 (2013.01); H01R 4/44 (2013.01); H01R 12/515 (2013.01);
Abstract
A field device is provided. The field device includes field device electronics configured to couple to a transducer. A plurality of terminals is coupled to the field device electronics and is configured to couple the field device to a process communication loop to allow the field device to communicate over the process communication loop. Each of the plurality of terminals is configured to support multiple conductor attachment types.