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Programmable controller

Patent 5406473 Issued on April 11, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject July 21, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

Programmable sequence controller and system
Patent #: 4550366
Issued on: 10/29/1985
Inventor: Toyama ,   et al.

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Patent #: 4831580
Issued on: 05/16/1989
Inventor: Yamada

Apparatus for carrying out serial control
Patent #: 5095417
Issued on: 03/10/1992
Inventor: Hagiwara, et al.

Control data input apparatus
Patent #: 5115390
Issued on: 05/19/1992
Inventor: Fukuda, et al.

Emergency spill basin Patent #: 5232308
Issued on: 08/03/1993
Inventor: Verstraeten

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 095040 filed on 07/21/1993

US Classes:

700/20, Plural controllers700/24Addressing

Examiners

Primary: Envall, Roy N. Jr.
Assistant: Brown, Thomas W.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0104859A EP. 04/13/1984
  • 0161344A EP. 12/13/1984
  • 0132381A EP. 01/13/1985
  • 0187677A EP. 07/13/1986
  • 42-1835 JP. 08/13/2012
  • 51-46683 JP. 04/13/1976
  • 0109105 JP 05/13/1986
  • 0100504 JP 05/13/1988
  • 0129402 JP 06/13/1991
  • 4-003205 JP 01/13/1992
  • 4-060807 JP 02/13/1992
  • 4-112304 JP 04/13/1992
  • 2101358 GB. 01/13/1983

International Class

G06F 013/14

Foreign Application Priority Data

1990-03-24 JP

Abstract

A programmable controller (PC) for controlling equipments in accordance with a sequence program. A program memory is provided with an equipment code storage region for storing global equipment codes for indicating the equipments each of which is allotted an individual I/O address. When an equipment code is input, an equipment code interpreter determines the local I/O address which corresponds to the equipment code. The equipment code is composed of a PC number code, an equipment type code, an equipment number code and the like. The equipment code is displayed together with the sequence program.

Other References

  • British Search Report, Application No. 9105874.3, dated Aug. 21, 1991 (date of search Aug. 8, 1991)
  • "Mechanical Automation 1981", Nov. 1, 198
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