Modular control circuit with bus conductor

US5629831A · kind A · utility

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
• Eckhard Beins · Detmold, DE
• Matthiass Liesenjohann · Lage, DE
• Bernhard Schuster · Detmold, DE
• Andreas Wedler · Detmold, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 1995
• Grant date: May 13, 1997
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/1131
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A modular control system for connecting the electrical components of an automated system, such as switches, sensors, reactors and field units, with a master field bus system via an assembly of terminal blocks mounted on a grounded support rail, characterized in that the assembly includes a power supply terminal block, a ground terminal block, and at least one control signal terminal block for supplying control signals to control circuits carried by printed circuit boards contained within a removable electronics module. The various terminal block assemblies mounted on a given support rail are connected via internal bus bar means that is connected by a module with the master field bus.