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US 2020/0013276 A1Published application
Communication unit and safety system
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsTakamasa YAMAJI, Minoru HASHIMOTO, Atsushi HASEGAWA
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Abstract
A communication unit and a safety system, through which an increase in initial cost is minimized in constructing a safety system, are provided. In a communication unit of the invention, two input and output portions are configured to be directly connected to each other when a plurality of unit main bodies are connected to each other in series, and a notched portion forming a disposition space for a connection portion-side terminal of at least a cable is provided at an end of the unit main body.
Claims6
A communication unit, comprising:
- a unit main body;
- a connection portion which is provided in the unit main body and connected to a safety input device through a cable;
- a first input and output portion which is provided at a first end on a connection portion side in the unit main body;
- and
- a second input and output portion which is provided at a second end on a side opposite to the first end in the unit main body,
- wherein the first input and output portion and the second input and output portion are configured to be directly connected to each other when a plurality of the unit main bodies are connected to each other in series, and
- a notched portion forming a disposition space for a terminal on the connection portion side of at least the cable is provided at the second end of the unit main body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.