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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
James B. Vitrano, South Milwaukee, WI (US);
August B. Schrab, Saukville, WI (US);
Daniel J. Middlestetter, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
John James Jenks, Rocky River, OH (US);
Kurt R. Hohensee, Germantown, WI (US);
Jimmy See Yong Koh, Singapore, SG;
Teck Siang Tan, Singapore, SG;
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A motor drive system includes a control module and a power module for generating control signals and power signals, respectively, for driving an electric motor. An add-on module or subassembly is physically positionable between the control and power modules, and communicates with the control module to allow for communication with external devices.