Patent ID: 7238055

Claim:
A controller for a shield support frame, comprising: a shallow box-shaped housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, two side walls, a front wall, and a back wall; microelectronics located within the shallow box-shaped housing; at least one receptacle operable for connecting one or more cable plugs from at least one of sensors or actuators of the shield support frame; a connecting piece having a hollow connecting stud that protrudes and vertically extends through one of the top wall or the bottom wall of the housing; a first socket attached to the connecting piece and including a first contact plug for connecting at least one cable operable for communication with other individual controllers; a second socket attached to the connecting piece and including a second contact plug for connecting at least one cable operable for communication with other individual controllers; and at least one electrical wire for connecting the microelectronics with the first and second contact plugs of the sockets, the at least one electrical wire passing through the hollow connecting stud.