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US 10,127,173 B2Granted
Connection device
AssigneeBelimo Holding AG
InventorsPeter Schmidlin, Silvio Grogg
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Abstract
A connecting device comprises housing, a board with electrical components, including at least one digital bus connection and an input/output section. It allows outsourcing of analog and digital I/O from a connected device, e.g. an HVAC actuator control unit by decentralizing inputs and outputs.
Claims18
A connecting device configured for HVAC applications, comprising:
- a) a housing;
- b) a board with electrical components, including at least one digital bus connection;
- c) an input/output section;
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- d) a bus cable and an I/O cable,
- e) wherein a cable jacket of the I/O cable and a cable jacket of the bus cable are fixedly attached to the housing, such that the connecting device, including the respective cable or the respective cables, forms a single cabling unit.
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An HVAC system, comprising:
- a. a damper or valve actuator including a control unit with a digital bus interface;
- b. an electrical peripheral device including one of a sensor and an actuator;
- c. a connecting device including a housing, a board with electrical components, and a digital bus cable;
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- d. the board including at least one digital bus connection and an input/output section,
- e. wherein the digital bus cable connects the control unit of the damper or valve actuator to the digital bus connection of the board, and
- f. wherein the electrical peripheral device is connected to the input/output section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.