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Universal input-output device

US4417151A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 1982
Grant dateNov 22, 1983
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY04S40/121
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A universal input-output apparatus has: a controllable source of electrical energy including at least one drive source having an output terminal and a return terminal; an electrical energy measuring device including at least one energy sensor having an input terminal connected to the output terminal of the controllable source of electrical energy; a twin leaded line having the first ends thereof connected to the output and return terminals of the drive source, respectively; and an integrity tester in the form of a zener diode connected across the second ends of the first and second leads, respectively, a first terminal connected to one of the second ends, a second terminal connected via a unidirectional conductor to the one second end and a third terminal connected via a resistive device to the one second end.

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