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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Ahmad K. Omari, Bayside, WI (US);
Justin M. Lemminger, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jeffrey A. Kilburn, Hartland, WI (US);
Kou K. Vang, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Sheila A. Quinnies, Mequon, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
The subject matter disclosed herein describes a system for connecting devices mounted to and within an industrial enclosure. The conductors for a device having multiple electrical conductors are bundled together. A first color coded element, such as a sleeve, is slid over the bundle providing a first identifier. The ends of the conductors are terminated at a single plug for insertion into a receptacle. A second color coded element, such as a label, which corresponds to the first color coded element, identifies into which receptacle each plug is to be inserted. In addition, each pole of the plug and/or receptacle includes a key or a corresponding space to receive a key. Various combinations of keys and spaces are defined such that each plug may be inserted into a single receptacle.