US 11,622,464 B2Granted

Modular and configurable electrical device group

OwnerSamir Kaji, Raksha Mangalinventors

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Abstract

A modular and configurable group of electrical device group 10 for measurement, control and display of electrical and process parameters comprising a first sub-group 11 and a second sub-group 12; each member comprises either a neck mountable enclosure unit 22 or a base mountable enclosure unit 21, along with a programmable computing receptacle assembly 390 a plurality of function modules 300, a display module 350 and optionally a battery module 380; wherein, a programming and configuration tool 100 is adopted to program and configure each member as an application specific product 23 or as a programmable device 24; an application specific software concentrate 200 drives each member, and is derived from a code generator 250 which converts a PLC compatible programming language 280 into the application specific software concentrate 200 such that an execution time of a “while loop” of the application specific software concentrate 200 is minimal.

Claims23

Dependent claims

A modular and configurable group of electrical devices 10 for measurement, control and display of electrical and process parameters comprising a first sub-group 11 and a second sub-group 12, characterized in that

each member 15 of the first sub-group 11 comprises a base mountable enclosure unit 21, a programmable computing receptacle assembly 390 and a plurality of function modules 300;
each member 15 of the second sub-group 12 comprises a neck mountable enclosure unit 22, the programmable computing receptacle assembly 390 and the plurality of function modules 300;
and
each member 15 of electrical device has a display module 350 and optionally a battery module 380;
wherein,
a programming and configuration tool 100 is adopted to program and configure each member 15 of the first sub-group 11 and the second sub-group 12 as an application specific product 23 or as a programmable device 24;
each member 15 of the first sub-group 11 and the second sub-group 12 is an independently configurable application specific electrical control device, each member 15 of the first sub-group 11 and the second sub-group 12 is a configurable application specific electrical control device as a slave or a master, in combination to a plurality of members of electrical device of the first sub-group 11 and the second sub-group 12;
an application specific software concentrate 200 drives each member 15 of the group of electrical device 10 and is derived from a code generator 250 which converts a PLC compatible programming language 280 into the application specific software concentrate 200 such that execution time of a “while loop” of the application specific software concentrate 200 is minimal;
an unused port of a micro-controller 399 is periodically force-set into an OUTPUT mode in a loop time less than one millisecond;
and
a plurality of electronic circuitry is architectured in a common mechanical design and a common electrical connectivity.

8 more elements

A process of securely preparing a member of a first sub-group 11 or a member of a second sub-group 12 of a modular and configurable group of electrical device 10, comprising:

Connecting a function module 300 with a programmable computing receptacle assembly 390, housed in a base mounted enclosure unit 21 or a neck mounted enclosure unit 22, enabled only in one permissible manner ensuring that a set of plug-in male electrical connectors 312 of the function module 300 precisely engages till a defined depth with a corresponding set of plug-in female electrical connector 392 on the programmable computing receptacle assembly 390;
Connecting of a display module 350 with the programmable computing receptacle assembly 390, housed in the base mounted enclosure unit 21 or the neck mounted enclosure unit 22, enabled only in an engaging orientation ensuring that a plug-in female electrical connector 353 of the display module 350 precisely engaging till a defined depth with a corresponding set of plug-in male electrical connector 393 on the programmable computing receptacle assembly 390;
Connecting of the battery module 380 with the programmable computing receptacle assembly 390, housed in a base mounted enclosure unit 21 or a neck mounted enclosure unit 22, permissible only when a polarized module cover 383 is aligned with a corresponding seat, ensuring thus ensuring that a first contact surface 387 and the second contact surface 388 makes an electrical contact with a battery cell connector 395 on the programmable computing receptacle assembly 390 with a requisite contact pressure;
and
Setting up of a multi-level auto-expiring numeric/alpha-numeric passwords, retrievable from graphic user interface or from manufacturer when forgotten.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/628,222Filed 15 Apr 2020
Priority: IN 20202100772124 Feb 2020
Published: US 2022/0256724 A111 Aug 2022
Granted: 4 Apr 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06F 1/181
Packaging or power distribution: enclosures
H05K 7/1465
For programmable logic controllers [PLC] for automation or industrial process control: modular PLC assemblies with separable functional units
G06F 1/183
Packaging or power distribution: internal mounting support structures, e.g. for supporting printed circuit boards
H05K 7/1464
For programmable logic controllers [PLC] for automation or industrial process control: functional units accommodated in the same PLC module housing