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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
John J. Jauquet, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jimi R. Michalscheck, Racine, WI (US);
Kelly A. Michalscheck, Racine, WI (US);
Jessica L. Korpela, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Kyle K. Reissner, Hudson, OH (US);
David A. Vasko, Hartland, WI (US);
Matthew W. Fordenwalt, Hudson, OH (US);
Matthew R. Ericsson, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Andrew Wilber, Franklin, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a manifold apparatus may include a number of housings. The housings may receive an electrical or a fluid conduit. The manifold apparatus may also include an actuation mechanism of each of the number of housings configured to control a supply of electricity or fluid from the respective electrical or fluid conduit to one or more industrial automation equipment, and a locking mechanism including a number of armatures. Each of the number of armatures is associated with a respective housing of the plurality of housings, and each of the number of armatures is configured to physically prevent a respective actuation mechanism of the respective housing from changing states.