Base module and functional module for a switch-cabinet system, and switch-cabinet system
AssigneeBeckhoff Automation GmbH
InventorsDaniel Siegenbrink, Hans Beckhoff, Holger Büttner
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Abstract
A base module for a switch-cabinet system, having a plurality of communication units and connection elements for a plurality of functional modules. The connection elements are configured to engage in module-connection elements of functional modules. Each connection element has at least one data connection. Each communication unit is in each case connected to at least one data connection of a connection element. The communication units are connected to one another by a data bus. The base module has a first field-bus connection. The data bus is connected to the first field-bus connection to connect the communication units to a field-bus.
Claims14
A base module for a switch-cabinet system comprising:
- a plurality of communication units and connection elements for a plurality of functional modules;
- wherein the connection elements are configured to engage in module-connection elements of functional modules,
- wherein each connection element has at least one data connection,
- wherein each communication unit is connected to at least one data connection of a connection element, respectively,
- wherein the communication units are connected to each other via a data bus,
- wherein the base module comprises a first field-bus connection, and
- wherein the data bus is connected to the first field-bus connection for connecting the communication units to a field-bus.
A functional module for a switch-cabinet system comprising:
- a first module-connection element which is configured to engage in a connection element of a base module in accordance with any one of the preceding claims;
- wherein the functional module has a first field-bus-module connection,
- wherein the first module-connection element has a first module-data connection,
- wherein the first field-bus-module connection is connected to the first module-data connection, and
- wherein the first module-data connection is configured to engage in a first data connection of a first connection element of the base module, said first data connection forming the first field-bus connection.
A switch-cabinet system comprising:
- a base module having a plurality of communication units and connection elements for a plurality of functional modules;
- wherein the connection elements are configured to engage in module-connection elements of functional modules,
- wherein each connection element has at least one data connection,
- wherein each communication unit is connected to at least one data connection of a connection element, respectively,
- wherein the communication units are connected to each other via a data bus,
- wherein the base module comprises a first field-bus connection, and
- wherein the data bus is connected to the first field-bus connection for connecting the communication units to a field-bus;
- and
- a functional module having a first module-connection element which is configured to engage in a connection element of a base module in accordance with any one of the preceding claims;
- wherein the functional module has a first field-bus-module connection,
- wherein the first module-connection element has a first module-data connection,
- wherein the first field-bus-module connection is connected to the first module-data connection, and
- wherein the first module-data connection is configured to engage in a first data connection of a first connection element of the base module, said first data connection forming the first field-bus connection;
- and
- wherein the first module-connection element of the functional module engages in a first connection element of the base module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.