Claims
- 1. An industrial multi-port data interconnect apparatus comprising:
a housing including a wall; at least one industrial parallel data connector mounted to said housing, each parallel data connector including a receptacle of rigid non-conducting material defining an opening and an externally threaded extension extending outside of said housing; and a commercial parallel data connector received in said opening of said receptacle; a sealing ring interposed between said receptacle and said wall of said housing; a plurality of quick disconnect serial data connectors mounted to said housing and including an outer threaded portion, an insert of rigid non-conducting material, and a plurality of connecting elements carried by said insert; a quick disconnect power connector mounted to said housing; and a master controller within said housing and including a programmed data processor coupled to each of said plurality of serial data connectors and to said industrial parallel data connector and controlling the transmission of data between said parallel data connector and said plurality of serial data connectors.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said housing includes an upper wall and a bottom wall for support;
said upper wall including a portion in which said plurality of serial data connectors are mounted and said industrial parallel data connector is mounted.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said receptacle includes;
a peripheral flange for engaging said wall of said housing when said receptacle is assembled thereto; said peripheral flange defining a circular groove opposing an underside of said wall of said housing; and a sealing ring in said peripheral groove for forming a seal between said receptacle and said wall of said housing.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said receptacle further includes an annular flat extending adjacent said external threads of said extension; and
a second sealing ring adjacent said annular flat for sealing with a coupling nut of a mating connector.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said opening of said receptacle includes a generally rectangular cavity; and wherein said commercial parallel data connector comprises an RJ45 parallel data connector received in said cavity; and
at least a pair of opposing recesses for receiving projecting ears in locating said Ethernet connector relative to said receptacle.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a printed circuit board within said casing, said quick disconnect power connector including a plurality of connecting pins coupled with said printed circuit board.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said quick disconnect power connector includes an exterior cylindrical wall defining a peripheral recess, said exterior wall extending through an aperture in an upper wall of said housing, said apparatus further including a third sealing ring in said peripheral recessed of said quick disconnect power connector for sealing with said housing.
- 8. The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising an LED indicator for signaling a first color when applied power is of proper polarity and a second color when applied power is reversed in polarity.
- 9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said plurality of serial data connectors includes at least one serial data connector having an insert of a first color, and at least one other serial data connector having an insert of a second color, readily discernible from said first color, whereby said one serial data connector is an input serial data connector and said other serial data connector is an output serial data connector.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. §120 of co-pending Provisional application No. 60/237,982 filed Oct. 5, 2000 for “Industrial Ethernet Multi-Port Connector System”.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60237982 |
Oct 2000 |
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