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Wireless field maintenance adapter

US8224256B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

Joseph Citrano, III · Eden Prairie, US
Todd M. Toepke · Eden Prairie, US
Alan R. Dewey · Plymouth, US
Alden C. Russell, III · Minnetonka, US
Stephen Armstrong · Burlington, CA
Craig T. Llewellyn · Bloomington, US
David J. Baker · Newark, US
Stuart Harris · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 21, 2010
Grant date	Jul 17, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 13, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P90/02
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A wireless field maintenance adapter includes a power source, a controller, a low-power radio-frequency communication module, and a wireless process communication protocol module. The controller is coupled to the power source. The low-power radio-frequency communication module is also coupled to the controller. The wireless process communication protocol module is coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to communicate through the wireless process communication protocol module based on information received from the low-power radio-frequency communication module.

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