Auto detection of guard locking device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9754752
APP PUB NO 20140319928A1
SERIAL NO

14264734

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A safety switching device for driving a plurality of different kinds of guard locking devices is provided. The safety switching device comprises a first terminal and a second terminal for connecting a guard locking device, and a safety processor adapted for controlling drive signals at the first and the second terminal to drive the guard locking device. The safety processor is adapted for determining a kind of a guard locking device connected to the first and/or the second terminal out of a plurality of different kinds of guard locking devices by detecting external electrical connections between the first terminal, the second terminal, and a reference potential. The safety processor is further adapted for controlling the drive signals depending on the determined kind of the guard locking device.

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ROCKWELL AUTOMATION GERMANY GMBH & CO KGGERMANY WUPPERTAL

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Heckel, Oliver Frechen, DE 17 108
Helpenstein, Thomas Grevenbroich, DE 23 138
Machuletz, Norbert Wetter, DE 22 106
Papenbreer, Rudolf Wuppertal, DE 21 82
Wagner, Sascha Gevelsberg, DE 5 3

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