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US 6,173,731 B1Granted
Electrofluidic modular system
AssigneeBurkert Werke GmbH & Co.
InventorMartin Ottliczky
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AssigneeBurkert Werke GmbH & Co.
InventorMartin Ottliczky
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An electrofluidic modular system (1) is made up of modules which are secured to a bar (5) and may be mounted one after the other, in particular fluidic modules (9) having collecting channels (10, 11, 12) for actuator ports (26, 27, 28), electric modules (7) including bus terminals (8) and electric terminals (44) for actuators (15), and function modules (30). Two interface modules (18, 19) each have on one connecting side (23) a first connecting configuration with electric (8) and fluidic (10, 11, 12) terminals and with a contour (24) which are adapted to the modules (7, 9) of the modular system (1), and have on the opposite connecting side (22) a second connecting configuration which is different from the first and has electric (25) terminals and a contour (20) which are adapted to modules (2, 3) of a modular system of a different provider secured to the same bar (5).
An electrofluidic modular system made up of modules which are secured to a bar and may be mounted one after the other, comprising fluidic modules having collecting channels for actuator ports, electric modules including bus terminals and electric terminals for actuators, and function modules, the modular system providing at least one interface module is which has on one connecting side a first connecting configuration with electric and fluidic terminals and with a contour which are adapted to the modules of the modular system, and has on the opposite connecting side a second connecting configuration which is different from the first and has electric terminals and a contour which are adapted to modules of a modular system of a different provider secured to the same bar, the modular system comprising an internal bus which is an extension of an external bus of the modular system of the different provider.
An electrofluidic modular system made up of modules which are secured to a bar and may be mounted one after the other, comprising fluidic modules having collecting channels for actuator ports, electric modules including bus terminals and electric terminals for actuators, and function modules, the modular system providing at least one interface module which has on one connecting side a first connecting configuration with electric and fluidic terminals and with a contour which are adapted to the modules of the modular system, and has on the opposite connecting side a second connecting configuration which is different from the first and has electric terminals and a contour which are adapted to modules of a modular system of a different provider secured to the same bar, the interface module being equipped with electronic circuits which convert a signal protocol for the first connecting configuration into a signal protocol for the second connecting configuration and vice-versa.
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