Modular electrical appliances and housing comprising same
AssigneesLegrand, Legrand SNC
InventorsJean-Luc Jarasse, Gérard Tarrade
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Abstract
A housing (1) designed to contain an assembly of modular electrical appliances mounted on a support (12, 14), whereof at least the first modular electrical appliance provided with data transmitters (36) and at least a second modular electrical comprising data receivers (42) enabling wireless communication from the first appliance to the second appliance. When the modular appliances are mounted in operating position, the data transmitters (36) of the first appliance are oriented opposite a surface of walls (2-8) of the housing. The data receivers can also be oriented opposite a wall surface of the housing.
Claims18
A housing containing plural electrical devices mounted don supports,
- the housing having interior surfaces,
- a first of the plural electrical devices having a data sending light emitting diode transmitting an infra-red signal, and
- a second of the plural electrical devices having a data receiving photodiode receiving the infra-red signal transmitted by the data sending light emitting diode,
- wherein the data sending light emitting diode faces one of the interior surfaces of the housing.
A housing containing plural electrical devices mounted on supports,
- the housing having interior surfaces,
- a first of the plural electrical devices having data sending means for transmitting an infra-red signal, and
- a second of the plural electrical devices having data receiving means for receiving the infra-red signal transmitted by the data sending means,
- wherein the data sending means faces one of the interior surfaces of the housing, and
- wherein at least one of the first and second electrical devices has a face that includes (a) means for mounting the device in the housing and (b) at least of the data sending means and the data receiving means.
A housing containing plural electrical devices that communicate with each other,
- the housing comprising a generally flat interior surface that reflects infra-red signals and a support for the electrical devices, the support being spaced from the interior surface to leave a gap between the interior surface and the electrical devices mounted on the support,
- a first of the plural electrical devices being mounted on the support and comprising an infra-red signal transmitter that faces into the gap and transmits infra-red signals toward the interior surface of the housing, and
- a second of the plural electrical devices being mounted on the support and comprising an infra-red signal receiver that faces into the gap and receives the infra-red signals from the infra-red signal transmitter that have been reflected from the interior surface of the housing,
- wherein the first electrical device has a surface that is removably fixed to the support and on which the infra-red signal transmitter is mounted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.