公开(公告)号：US07909633B1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-22

申请号：US12560300

申请日：2009-09-15

申请人： Arlyn E. Miller ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Russell W. Read ,  Steven K. Brown

发明人： Arlyn E. Miller ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Russell W. Read ,  Steven K. Brown

IPC分类号： H01R13/648

CPC分类号： H01R4/366 ,  H01R4/305 ,  H01R9/24

摘要： A terminal wire block includes a spring clamp and a screw clamp to hold an electrical wire in a fixed position using one or both of the clamps. The spring clamp includes a cage and a spring to push the wire against one of the walls of the cage. The screw clamp includes an externally threaded fastener such as a screw to hold the wire in place when the fastener is tightened. One or both of the spring clamp and the screw clamp may be operated independently of the other one of the spring clamp and the screw clamp. When operated together, the spring clamp and screw clamp provide additional integrity and security to the contact.

摘要翻译： 端子线块包括弹簧夹和螺钉夹，用于使用一个或两个夹具将电线固定在固定位置。 弹簧夹具包括保持架和弹簧，以将电线推向保持架的一个壁上。 螺钉夹具包括外螺纹紧固件，例如螺钉，以在紧固件被紧固时将线材保持在适当位置。 弹簧夹和螺钉夹具中的一个或两个可以独立于弹簧夹和螺钉夹中的另一个来操作。 当一起操作时，弹簧夹和螺丝夹可为触点提供额外的完整性和安全性。

公开(公告)号：US07730415B2

公开(公告)日：2010-06-01

申请号：US10656005

申请日：2003-09-05

申请人： Gary K. Law ,  Michael G. Ott ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Godfrey R. Sherriff

发明人： Gary K. Law ,  Michael G. Ott ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Godfrey R. Sherriff

IPC分类号： G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G05B19/045 ,  G05B2219/23258 ,  G05B2219/23289 ,  Y02P90/14 ,  Y02P90/18 ,  Y02P90/185 ,  Y02P90/26

摘要： A control system, a safety system, etc., within a process plant may each use one or more state machine function blocks that can be easily integrated into a function block diagram programming environment. Such a state machine function block may include one or more inputs, which may cause a state machine implemented by the state machine function block to change states. The state machine function block may determine a next state to which it is to transition based, at least in part, on data indicative of the next state to which to transition, if any. The configuration data may be retrieved from a database based on the current state of the state machine and at least one of the inputs. The state machine function block may also include one or more outputs that are generated based on the state of the state machine.

摘要翻译： 处理工厂内的控制系统，安全系统等可以各自使用一个或多个状态机功能块，其可以容易地集成到功能框图编程环境中。 这样的状态机功能块可以包括一个或多个输入，这可能导致由状态机功能块实现的状态机改变状态。 至少部分地，状态机功能块可以基于指示要转换到的下一状态的数据（如果有的话）来确定其将要转换到的下一状态。 可以基于状态机的当前状态和至少一个输入从数据库检索配置数据。 状态机功能块还可以包括基于状态机的状态生成的一个或多个输出。

公开(公告)号：US07269468B2

公开(公告)日：2007-09-11

申请号：US10655929

申请日：2003-09-05

申请人： Gary K. Law ,  Michael G. Ott ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Godfrey R. Sherriff ,  Julian Naidoo

发明人： Gary K. Law ,  Michael G. Ott ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Godfrey R. Sherriff ,  Julian Naidoo

IPC分类号： G05B15/00

CPC分类号： G05B19/045 ,  G05B19/0426 ,  G05B2219/23289 ,  G05B2219/25014 ,  G05B2219/25428 ,  Y02P90/18 ,  Y02P90/185

摘要： A control system, a safety system, etc., within a process plant may each use one or more state machine function blocks that can be easily integrated into a function block diagram programming environment. Such a state machine function block may include one or more inputs, which may or may not cause a state machine implemented by the state machine function block to change states. The state machine function block may also include a plurality of outputs. Output configuration data associated with the function block may indicate values of the outputs of the function block for each of the states of the state machine. The state machine function block may use this output configuration data to determine its outputs when in a particular state.

摘要翻译： 处理工厂内的控制系统，安全系统等可以各自使用一个或多个状态机功能块，其可以容易地集成到功能框图编程环境中。 这样的状态机功能块可以包括一个或多个输入，其可以或可以不导致由状态机功能块实现的状态机来改变状态。 状态机功能块还可以包括多个输出。 与功能块相关联的输出配置数据可以指示状态机的每个状态的功能块的输出的值。 在特定状态下，状态机功能块可以使用该输出配置数据来确定其输出。

公开(公告)号：US07230582B1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-12

申请号：US09249597

申请日：1999-02-12

申请人： Andrew P. Dove ,  Kent A. Burr

发明人： Andrew P. Dove ,  Kent A. Burr

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/163

摘要： A wearable computer for use in a process control environment includes a central processing unit, a memory and a number of peripheral devices such as a heads up display, a microphone, a video camera and a remote communication device that communicates with a host computer. The wearable computer provides information pertaining to one or more devices within a process control system (such as diagnostic information, help information, operator overviews, schematics or process parameter information) via the heads up display. The wearable computer also executes a routine that processes the video camera image to automatically identify process control devices within the field of view of the wearer based on device features such as device tags, a routine that enables a wearer to verify the proper connection of devices and/or communication channels within a process control system, a routine that displays a common image on both the heads up display and an operator workstation display and a routine that stores and automatically retrieves voice messages pertaining to any device within the process control system.

摘要翻译： 用于过程控制环境的可穿戴计算机包括中央处理单元，存储器以及与主计算机通信的诸如抬头显示器，麦克风，摄像机和远程通信设备的多个外围设备。 可穿戴式计算机通过头戴式显示器提供与过程控制系统内的一个或多个设备有关的信息（例如诊断信息，帮助信息，操作员概述，原理图或过程参数信息）。 可穿戴计算机还执行例程，其处理视频摄像机图像以基于诸如设备标签的设备特征来自动识别佩戴者视野内的过程控制设备，该设备特征使得佩戴者能够验证设备的正确连接，以及 /或过程控制系统内的通信通道，在头戴式显示器和操作员工作站显示器上显示公共图像的程序和存储并自动检索与过程控制系统内的任何设备有关的语音消息的例程。

公开(公告)号：US07096078B2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-22

申请号：US10448994

申请日：2003-05-30

申请人： Kent A. Burr ,  Kenneth D. Krivoshein ,  Gary K. Law

发明人： Kent A. Burr ,  Kenneth D. Krivoshein ,  Gary K. Law

IPC分类号： G05B15/00

CPC分类号： G05B19/056 ,  G05B2219/13131 ,  G05B2219/13146 ,  Y10S715/967

摘要： A technique for configuring a Boolean logic function block displays a matrix associated with the Boolean logic function block on a display screen of a computer. A programmer may then enter configuration data into the matrix to configure the Boolean logic function block. The matrix may include a plurality of cells, some of which correspond to variables to be used in generating a function block output, and the programmer may enter configuration data into the cells. The configuration data entered into cells are indicative of logic functions to which the variables corresponding to the cells are to be provided as inputs.

摘要翻译： 用于配置布尔逻辑功能块的技术在计算机的显示屏幕上显示与布尔逻辑功能块相关联的矩阵。 然后程序员可以将配置数据输入到矩阵中以配置布尔逻辑功能块。 矩阵可以包括多个单元，其中一些单元对应于要用于产生功能块输出的变量，并且程序员可以将配置数据输入到单元中。 输入到单元格中的配置数据表示逻辑功能，对应于单元的变量将被提供给逻辑功能作为输入。

公开(公告)号：US20180217580A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-02

申请号：US15313212

申请日：2016-10-12

申请人： Larry O. Jundt ,  Gary K. Law ,  Cristopher Ian S. Uy ,  Deborah R. Colclazier ,  Sergio Diaz ,  Julian K. Naidoo ,  Neil J. Peterson ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Daniel R. Strinden

发明人： Larry O. Jundt ,  Gary K. Law ,  Cristopher Ian S. Uy ,  Deborah R. Colclazier ,  Sergio Diaz ,  Julian K. Naidoo ,  Neil J. Peterson ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Daniel R. Strinden

IPC分类号： G05B19/418 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G05B23/02

摘要： An I/O-abstracted configuration is defined for a field device that has not yet been assigned or allocated to communicate via a particular I/O device or I/O network within a plant, and this configuration is stored in a device placeholder object in a back-end environment of the plant. Thereafter other objects, modules, applications, user interfaces, etc., that are to execute in the back-end environment of the plant to communicate with the field device during on-line operation of the plant may be designed, built, configured, and tested using the device placeholder object without any actual communications with the field device and without assigning the device placeholder object to a particular I/O channel or I/O network. A commissioning system which may create and store one or more device placeholder objects in a database within the back-end environment of the plant includes an execution engine that executes one or more other back-end environment objects to be commissioned and tested, and a communication interface that determines, from the device placeholder object if a field device is in an I/O-unallocated device state. If so, the communication interface uses the configuration data stored in the device placeholder object to verify that the form, format, and configuration of the object being tested is correct to properly communicate with the field device. Moreover, a simulation engine can generate simulated device signals to enable further testing of the object.

公开(公告)号：US20110270418A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-03

申请号：US12767534

申请日：2010-04-26

申请人： Gary K. LAW ,  Michael G. OTT ,  Kent A. BURR ,  Godfrey R. SHERRIFF

发明人： Gary K. LAW ,  Michael G. OTT ,  Kent A. BURR ,  Godfrey R. SHERRIFF

IPC分类号： G05B15/02

CPC分类号： G05B19/045 ,  G05B2219/23258 ,  G05B2219/23289 ,  Y02P90/14 ,  Y02P90/18 ,  Y02P90/185 ,  Y02P90/26

摘要： A control system, a safety system, etc., within a process plant may each use one or more state machine function blocks that can be easily integrated into a function block diagram programming environment. Such a state machine function block may include one or more inputs, which may cause astute machine implemented by the state machine function block to change states. The state machine function block may determine a next state to which it is to transition based, at least in part, on data indicative of the next state to which to transition, if any. The configuration data may be retrieved from a database based on the current state of the state machine and at least one of the inputs. The state machine function block may also include one or more outputs that are generated based on the state of the state machine.

摘要翻译： 处理工厂内的控制系统，安全系统等可以各自使用一个或多个状态机功能块，其可以容易地集成到功能框图编程环境中。 这样的状态机功能块可以包括一个或多个输入，这可能导致由状态机功能块实现的精细机器来改变状态。 至少部分地，状态机功能块可以基于指示要转换到的下一状态的数据（如果有的话）来确定其将要转换到的下一状态。 可以基于状态机的当前状态和至少一个输入从数据库检索配置数据。 状态机功能块还可以包括基于状态机的状态生成的一个或多个输出。

公开(公告)号：US20110131455A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-02

申请号：US12873853

申请日：2010-09-01

申请人： Gary K. Law ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Michael L. Marshall ,  Michael Kessler

发明人： Gary K. Law ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Michael L. Marshall ,  Michael Kessler

IPC分类号： G06F1/26 ,  G06F11/26

CPC分类号： H04B3/548 ,  H04B2203/5458 ,  H04L12/40013 ,  H04L25/0266 ,  H04L25/0278 ,  H04L25/0298 ,  Y02P90/18

摘要： An integrated bus controller and power supply device includes a typical or standard bus controller and a bus power supply disposed in a common housing, the size and external configuration of which may match a standard bus controller device associated with a typical I/O communication network. The bus controller may store and implement one or more control routines using one or more field devices connected to the I/O communication network while the bus power supply generates and provides the appropriate power signal to the bus of the I/O communication network, the power signal being used to power the field devices connected to the I/O communication network. The integrated bus controller and power supply device can be easily connected to the bus of the I/O communication network to provide both bus controller functionality and bus power supply functionality on the I/O communication network, without the need of configuring and attaching separate, dedicated bus controller and power supply devices to the bus and having to wire these devices together using multiple different terminal blocks.

摘要翻译： 集成总线控制器和电源装置包括典型的或标准的总线控制器和布置在公共壳体中的总线电源，其大小和外部配置可以与与典型I / O通信网络相关联的标准总线控制器设备匹配。 总线控制器可以使用连接到I / O通信网络的一个或多个现场设备来存储和实现一个或多个控制例程，同时总线电源产生并且向I / O通信网络的总线提供适当的功率信号， 电源信号用于为连接到I / O通信网络的现场设备供电。 集成总线控制器和电源设备可以方便地连接到I / O通信网络的总线，以在I / O通信网络上提供总线控制器功能和总线电源功能，而无需配置和附加单独的， 专用总线控制器和电源设备到总线，并且必须使用多个不同的接线端子将这些设备连接在一起。

公开(公告)号：US20110069449A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-24

申请号：US12562546

申请日：2009-09-18

申请人： Arlyn Earl Miller ,  Gary Law ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Paul Noble-Campbell ,  Vincent Lam ,  Laura Avery ,  Garrett Lewis ,  Kevin Sloan ,  Mark William Foohey

发明人： Arlyn Earl Miller ,  Gary Law ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Paul Noble-Campbell ,  Vincent Lam ,  Laura Avery ,  Garrett Lewis ,  Kevin Sloan ,  Mark William Foohey

IPC分类号： H05K7/20

CPC分类号： H05K7/20145

摘要： Electronic device enclosures providing improved heat dissipation are described herein. An example enclosure for holding an electronic circuit board includes a housing having a first portion coupled to a second portion to form a cavity to hold the electronic circuit board. Each of the first and second portions comprises openings to direct convention airflow across opposing faces of the electronic circuit board at the same time. A baffle is coupled to the housing to substantially visually obscure the openings and to define a gap between the housing and the baffle to direct the convection airflow across the opposing faces of the electronic circuit board.

摘要翻译： 这里描述了提供改善的散热的电子设备外壳。 用于保持电子电路板的示例性外壳包括具有耦合到第二部分以形成用于保持电子电路板的空腔的第一部分的壳体。 第一和第二部分中的每一个包括同时在电子电路板的相对面上引导常规气流的开口。 挡板耦合到壳体以基本上视觉上遮蔽开口并且限定壳体和挡板之间的间隙，以引导对流气流穿过电子电路板的相对面。

公开(公告)号：US07640007B2

公开(公告)日：2009-12-29

申请号：US11010016

申请日：2004-12-10

申请人： Deji Chen ,  Mark J. Nixon ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Neil J. Peterson

发明人： Deji Chen ,  Mark J. Nixon ,  Kent A. Burr ,  Neil J. Peterson

IPC分类号： H04Q1/24

CPC分类号： G05B19/4184 ,  G05B19/0423 ,  G05B2219/23406 ,  G05B2219/24012 ,  G05B2219/25297 ,  G05B2219/25428 ,  G05B2219/31121 ,  G05B2219/32014 ,  G05B2219/36159 ,  G06F1/163 ,  Y02P90/14 ,  Y02P90/18

摘要： A handheld communicator wirelessly interfaces or communicates with individual devices in a process control system, such as field devices, controllers, etc., to wirelessly perform monitoring, maintenance, configuration and control activities with respect to those devices. The wireless handheld communicator includes a housing adapted for handheld operation, a processing unit disposed within the housing, a computer readable memory disposed within the housing and coupled to the processing unit and a display, a keypad and a radio frequency transceiver. The handheld communicator may be adapted to communicate with a host system to receive information needed to communicate with various field devices in the process plant and may then be used to wirelessly communicate with each of the various field devices directly while in close proximity to the field devices to perform monitoring and configuration activities with respect to the field devices. Thereafter, information obtained from the field devices may be wirelessly communicated to the host system or to a repository, such as a data historian or a configuration database.

摘要翻译： 手持式通信器与诸如现场设备，控制器等的过程控制系统中的各个设备无线地接口或通信，以无线地执行关于这些设备的监视，维护，配置和控制活动。 无线手持通信器包括适于手持操作的外壳，设置在外壳内的处理单元，设置在外壳内并耦合到处理单元的计算机可读存储器，以及显示器，小键盘和射频收发器。 手持式通信器可以适于与主机系统进行通信，以接收与过程工厂中的各种现场设备进行通信所需的信息，然后可以用于与各种现场设备中的每一个直接通信，同时紧邻现场设备 对现场设备执行监控和配置活动。 此后，从现场设备获得的信息可以无线地传送到主机系统或存储库，诸如数据历史记录器或配置数据库。