Control housing system and self-driving vehicle having a control housing system
AssigneeKUKA Deutschland GmbH
InventorsAndreas Weixler, Simon Feuerer
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Abstract
A control housing system includes at least one control sub-housing having at least one housing rear wall, which supports at least one electrical connector; a slide-in module support; and an interface chamber, which is mechanically connected to the slide-in module support and which has at least one cable feedthrough device. When the control sub-housing is in a position coupled to the slide-in module support, the at least one electrical connector is connected to a corresponding mating electrical connector of the interface chamber. The housing rear wall of the control sub-housing is seated sealingly against a peripheral seal device of a coupling wall of the interface chamber.
Claims10
A control housing system, comprising:
- at least one control sub-housing including at least one housing rear wall that supports at least one electrical connector;
- a slide-in module support having a guide device configured to mechanically guide the control sub-housing between a decoupled position on the slide-in module support, in which the at least one electrical connector is unplugged, and a coupled position on the slide-in module support, in which the at least one electrical connector is plugged in;
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- an interface chamber mechanically connected to the slide-in module support, the interface chamber including:
- at least one cable feedthrough device for receiving at least one electrical line therethrough into the interface chamber,
- at least one coupling wall which faces the housing rear wall of the at least one control sub-housing in the coupled position, the at least one coupling wall including a circumferential seal device,
- at least one electrical mating connector disposed within a circumference of the circumferential seal device, and configured complementary to the at least one electrical connector of the control sub-housing, and
- a mounting opening which can be selectively closed in a sealing manner by a cover, the mounting opening providing access to an interior of the interface chamber when the cover is removed therefrom;
- wherein, in the coupled position of the control sub-housing on the slide-in module support, the at least one electrical connector is plugged into the corresponding electrical mating connector of the interface chamber, and the housing rear wall is sealingly seated against the circumferential seal device of the coupling wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.