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Valve control device and system

US10838409B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Festo SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Jan Reich · Tuningen, DE
Bernd Beuth · Göppingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 21, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/45006
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A valve control device, which is designed as a valve control head and/or as a valve position regulator head, for controlling a valve drive and/or a fitting. The valve control device includes a control unit for interacting with a functional unit, which is designed as an actuator unit, sensor unit, signal unit and/or communication unit, wherein the control unit has a device driver for interacting with the functional unit, wherein the device driver provides a software interface, which can be addressed by an application program which can be run on the control unit and/or a remote procedure call, in order to effect an interaction with the functional unit.

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