US 8,406,927 B2 · Electronic control system for drilling devices

Abstract

An electronic control system for drilling devices, includes at least one pair of data-processing units (2a, 2b); a plurality of data-exchange lines, connected to the data-processing units (2a, 2b) for transmission of signals from and to control devices (4a-4c) of the drilling device; and accessories (5, 9) proper to the drilling device. Each of the data-processing units (2a, 2b) is redundant by the others with one and the same level of hierarchy, and all the data-processing units (2a, 2b) are connected to all the control devices (4a-4c) and to the accessories (5, 9) proper to the drilling device through the electronic data-exchange lines that are redundant in a number equal to the multiplicity of the data-processing units (2a, 2b).

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Dependent claims

Electronic control system for drilling devices, said system comprising:

a plurality of data-processing units;
a plurality of data-exchange lines, connected to said data-processing units for the transmission of signals from and to:
a plurality of control devices of said drilling device;
a plurality of accessories for the drilling device;
an electronic data-management unit, electrically connected to said plurality of data-processing units;
the data-management unit comprising a memory stored in which there are at least one of information and operating parameters of said accessories and each of the units of said plurality of data-processing units is redundant by the other data-processing units at a same level of hierarchy.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic control system for drilling devices

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Electronic control system for drilling devices

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Abstract

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