Module arrangement with resetting mechanism

US11259434B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• TE Connectivity Germany GmbH · DE
• ABB Schweiz AG · CH

Inventors

• Karl-Heinz Hess · Heppenheim, DE
• Andreas Herrmann · Stuttgart, DE
• Mohamed Aboulkassem · Darmstadt, DE
• Thomas Hertzberg · Darmstadt, DE
• Michael Hagemann · Darmstadt, DE
• Peter Kraemer · Hanau, DE
• Markus Ofenloch · Wiesbaden, DE
• Frank Zimmer · Scheuring, DE
• Andreas Symantzik · Ober-Ramstadt, DE
• Thomas Keul · Neuses, DE
• Erik Hammarstrand · Enköping, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2019
• Grant date: Feb 22, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 14, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K7/1455
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A module arrangement for a modular field device connection unit comprises a frame module having an interface receptacle, an interface module adapted to be inserted into the interface receptacle along a module insertion path, and a resetting mechanism adapted to reset the movable coding element into the neutral position by insertion of the interface module into the interface receptacle and/or removal of the interface module from the interface receptacle. The interface module has a cartridge receptacle and a movable coding element. The movable coding element is movable from a neutral position into a coding position by insertion of a cartridge member into the cartridge receptacle. The resetting mechanism has a trigger element at least partially protruding into the module insertion path.