Coupling unit and industrial control system
US10136528B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K7/1484
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A coupling unit for an industrial control system has two module connections for making electrical contact with control modules, a field connection for making electrical contact with an industrial field device, a data transmission medium for the transmission of communication data, and a signal transmission medium for the transmission of field signals. Each of the two module connections comprise electrical contact elements which form a communication signal region and a field signal region. Contact elements of the communication signal regions of each of the two module connections are connected in an electrically conductive manner to the data transmission medium, and contact elements of the field signal regions of each of the two module connections are connected to the field connection via the signal transmission medium.
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