US 12,080,983 B2
Apparatus for automated loop checking
Varun Prabhakar, Bangalore (IN); Rahul De, Bangalore (IN); Karma Bhutia, Bangalore (IN); Ananda H, Bangalore (IN); Rahul Didwani, Bangalore (IN); Vishwanath Balakrishna, Bangalore (IN); and Dawa Pakimo, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to UOP LLC, Des Plains, IL (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/024,480.
Claims priority of application No. 201911039022 (IN), filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0098905 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 9/2491 (2013.01) [G06F 9/30065 (2013.01); G06F 9/463 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus configured to be installed on a terminal block and to make an electrical connection to at least one I/O loop, the apparatus comprising:
a terminal section having an electrical connector and at least one pair of electrical terminals, the electrical terminals arranged to be connected to the terminal block and to the at least one I/O loop;
an electronic section having an electrical connector connected to the terminal section connector arranged to communicate with the I/O loop through the terminal section, wherein the electronic section includes:
a wireless communication unit configured to receive an I/O loop check file from operating software located at a remote location, and
a processor configured to execute the I/O loop check file, testing the at least one I/O loop by applying test signals through the at least one pair of terminal pins connected to the terminal block; and
a latching arm configured to be manually operated to retain the apparatus to the terminal block.