Modular field device

US11287290B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Dirk Osswald · Schopfheim, DE
• Eric Bergmann · Steinen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 21, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 29, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R13/24
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a modular field device, which is simply and safely assemblable. For this, the field device comprises: a housing having an electrical plug contact arranged in a housing interior, a mechanical securement, which is embodied to secure a first electronic component in the housing interior, a second electronic component, which is arrangeable in the housing interior and which is electrically contactable with the plug contact, and an elastic connection, which is embodied to connect the first electronic component elastically with the second electronic component. A division of tasks between two electronic components enables a modular design of the field device with universally applicable electronic components. In addition, the elastic connection provides a simple, mechanical securement of the first electronic component in the housing with simultaneous, safe, electrical connection of the second electronic component with the plug contact.