Component with Bus Termination
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMathias Baader
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Abstract
Component with bus termination. A component (3, 4, 7-9, 13, 27) for a combustion appliance such as an appliance having a boiler, the component (3, 4, 7-9, 13, 27) comprising an outer surface and a tangible, electric interface (30, 32, 35, 36) configured to be electrically connected by a user such that the tangible, electric interface (30, 32, 35, 36) is in a short circuit condition and configured to be electrically disconnected by the user such that the tangible, electric interface (30, 32, 35, 36) is open circuit condition; wherein the tangible, electric interface (30, 32, 35, 36) is arranged on the outer surface of the component (3, 4, 7-9, 13, 27) such that the tangible, electric interface (30, 32, 35, 36) is accessible to the user; the component (3, 4, 7-9, 13, 27) comprising first and second bus wires.
Claims15
A component for a combustion appliance, the component comprising:
- an outer surface;
- a tangible, electric interface configured to be electrically connected so the tangible, electric interface is in a short circuit condition and configured to be electrically disconnected such that the tangible, electric interface is in an open circuit condition;
- wherein the at least one tangible, electric interface is arranged on the outer surface of the component such that the at least one tangible, electric interface is accessible to a user;
- a first bus wire;
- a second bus wire different from the first bus wire;
- a switching circuit with a switchable electric impedance electrically connectable to the first bus wire;
- wherein the switching circuit is configured to:
- read from the tangible, electric interface a status signal indicative of the open circuit condition or of the short circuit condition;
- process the status signal;
- and
- if the status signal indicates the open circuit condition:
- either activate the at least one switchable electric impedance so the switchable electric impedance electrically connects to the second bus wire, thereby electrically connecting the first bus wire to the second bus wire via the switchable electric impedance, or deactivate the switchable electric impedance so the switchable electric impedance electrically disconnects from the second bus wire, thereby electrically disconnecting the first bus wire from the second bus wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.