Modular Protection Housing
AssigneeVEGA Grieshaber KG
InventorThomas Kopp
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Abstract
A modular protection housing with a first housing module and a second housing module is provided. The first housing module comprises a first volume and a first potential rail, while the second housing module comprises a second volume and a second potential rail. In this arrangement the first housing module and the second housing module are coupleable to an operating state in such a way that the first volume and the second volume form a shared volume. In this arrangement the first potential rail and the second potential rail are coupleable such that in the coupled operating state the first potential rail and the second potential rail form a shared potential rail for the overall volume.
Claims17
A modular protection housing for a field device, comprising:
- a first housing module having a first volume and a first potential rail;
- and
- a second housing module having a second volume and a second potential rail;
- wherein the first housing module and the second housing module are coupleable so as, in a coupled operating state, to form a uniform housing with a shared volume, the shared volume being composed from the first volume and the second volume;
- and
- wherein the first potential rail and the second potential rail are coupleable in such a way that the first potential rail and the second potential rail, in the coupled operating state, form a common potential rail for the shared volume.
A field device, comprising:
- a modular protection housing including (i) a first housing module having a first volume and a first potential rail;
- and (ii) a second housing module having a second volume and a second potential rail,
- wherein the first housing module and the second housing module are coupleable so as, in a coupled operating state, to form a uniform housing with a shared volume, the shared volume being composed from the first volume and the second volume;
- wherein the first potential rail and the second potential rail are coupleable in such a way that the first potential rail and the second potential rail, in the coupled operating state, form a common potential rail for the shared volume;
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- wherein the field device is selected from the group consisting of a fill level measuring device, a pressure measuring device and a switching measuring device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.