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1. An electrical device comprising:
- a housing and an electrically insulating base secured to said housing;
a communication terminal that protrudes from said base; and
electrically conductive main terminals protruding from said base and spaced apart from each other and from said communication terminal, wherein said main terminals are arcuate shaped and form arcs of a reference ring the center of which is a rotational axis of said electrical device, said communication terminal being disposed within said reference ring.
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An electrical device includes a housing and an electrically insulating base secured to the housing. A communication terminal protrudes from the base. Electrically conductive main terminals protrude from the base and are spaced apart from each other and from the communication terminal. The main terminals are arcuate shaped and form arcs of a reference ring the center of which is a rotational axis of the electrical device. The communication terminal is disposed within the reference ring. Also featured is a controller device.
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1. An electrical device comprising:
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a housing and an electrically insulating base secured to said housing; a communication terminal that protrudes from said base; and electrically conductive main terminals protruding from said base and spaced apart from each other and from said communication terminal, wherein said main terminals are arcuate shaped and form arcs of a reference ring the center of which is a rotational axis of said electrical device, said communication terminal being disposed within said reference ring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A controller device comprising:
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a housing and an electrically insulating base secured to said housing; a communication terminal that protrudes from said base and includes an arcuate shape; and electrically conductive main terminals protruding from said base and spaced apart from each other and from said communication terminal, wherein said main terminals are arcuate shaped and radially spaced from said communication terminal, wherein said main terminals form arcs of a reference ring that is concentric with at least a portion of said communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A controller device comprising:
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a housing and an electrically insulating base secured to said housing; at least one printed circuit board secured to said base in an interior of said housing; communication circuitry for sending signals disposed on said at least one printed circuit board; a communication terminal secured in electrical contact with said communication circuitry on said at least one printed circuit board;
wherein said communication terminal has a circular and/or ring shape; andmain electrically conductive terminals secured in electrical contact with said at least one printed circuit board, wherein said main terminals are each arcuate and L- or P-shaped, said main terminals being spaced around said communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. An electrical device comprising:
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a housing and an electrically insulating base secured to said housing; a communication terminal that protrudes from said base; and electrically conductive arcuate main terminals protruding from said base and spaced apart from each other and from said communication terminal; wherein said main terminals are receivable in main terminal channels of a second electrical device and said electrical device and said second electrical device are twisted relative to each other to lock said main terminals into electrical contact with main connectors aligned with said main terminal channels of said second electrical device, and said communication terminal contacts a communication connector of said second electrical device throughout said twisting.
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