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Modular control apparatus for automated buildings

US5615079A · kind A · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Eggert · Detmold, DE
Walter Hanning · Detmold, DE
Uwe Fiene · Steinheim, DE
Michael Schnatwinkel · Herford, DE
Rudolf Steinmeier · Detmold, DE
Manfred Wilmes · Detmold, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 1995
Grant date	Mar 25, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 30, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R9/2675
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A modular control system for automated buildings includes an assembly of terminal blocks mounted as a unit on a mounting block for supplying electrical power and control signals to and from circuits contained in an electronics module mounted on a support rail, thereby to operate associated components of the building. The terminal block assembly includes symmetrical ground, power-supply, control-signal and end-support terminal blocks connected together as a unit. Signal feed-in occurs on both sides of an electronic module arranged on the terminal block assembly.

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