ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,899, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft MBH (Minden, Germany).
"Safe digital input circuit for decoupling diagnostic outputs" was invented by Alexander Hahn (Espelkamp, Germany), Torsten Meyer (Penningsehl, Germany) and Christian Voss (Minden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safe digital input circuit with a first input and a second input for reading in a sensor signal with a clock generator to generate a clock signal is shown. The safe digital input circuit includes a first clock output and a second clock output for connecting sensors to safely shut down a plant. A first and a second signal li...