Centralized connector module having component diagnostic capability, refrigeration unit incorporating the same and methods of assembling and troubleshooting a refrigeration unit
US7511505B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 17, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R1/0416
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A centralized connector module, a refrigeration unit and a method of assembling a refrigeration unit. In one embodiment, the centralized connector module includes (1) a dielectric body having interconnected terminal sets corresponding to components connectable thereacross and (2) continuity indicator circuits associated with at least some of the terminal sets and configured to indicate continuity faults with respect to connected ones of the components.
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