H05K 7/1465
Modular plc assemblies with separable functional units
Official title: {Modular PLC assemblies with separable functional units}
H05K7/1465 (Modular plc assemblies with separable functional units) appears on 112 US grants and 117 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H05K- Granted patents
- 112
- Published applications
- 117
- Assignees
- 63
- Inventors
- 247
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rail mounting backplane kit and related rail mounting electronic device15 Sep 2026US 12,740,001 B2Moxa Inc.
- Automation platform30 Jun 2026US 12,672,252 B2Beckhoff Automation GmbH
- Automated terminal wiring modification12 May 2026US 12,628,305 B1PassiveLogic, Inc.
- Modular electronic assembly17 Mar 2026US 12,581,610 B2Openindus
- Modularly assembled automation system10 Feb 2026US 12,550,282 B2Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Methods, controllers, and machine-readable storage media for automated commissioning of equipment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313820 A1PassiveLogic, Inc.
- Modular system with cable terminal isolation for an industrial automation system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255522 A1Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
- Modular actuator control base mount system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189104 A1Moog Inc.
- Automation control system components with interlocking features30 Apr 2026US 2026/0122820 A1Rockwell Automation Asia Pacific Business Center Pte. Ltd.
- Interaction module for a switch cabinet-free automation system of an industrial plant9 Apr 2026US 2026/0100559 A1Murrelektronik GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modular system and architecture for device control167US 6,505,087 B1Maya Design Group · 2003
- Controller modules155US 11,229,138 B1PassiveLogic, Inc. · 2022
- Expandable card cage130US 4,401,351 AAdvant Corporation · 1983
- Readily expandable input/output construction for programmable controller125US 4,558,914 AGould Inc. · 1985
- Programmable logic controller module assembly and locking system100US 6,172,875 B2Rockwell Technologies, LLC · 2001