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Carrier-rail bus assembly with automatic bus addressing

US11818859B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bender GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Matthias Becker · Herzogenaurach, DE
Oliver Schaefer · Sankt Wendel, DE
Burkhard Macht · Hungen, DE
Michael Prinz-Weinel · Ranstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 2, 2021
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K7/1474
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A carrier-rail bus assembly including a number of n mechanically contiguous bus-circuit-plate sections electrically connected via bus-circuit paths and installed in a carrier rail, an electronic control unit being configured such that it detects whether an apparatus is inserted in an installation position i, respective installation position i being allotted a bus address, which is assigned to the apparatus inserted on the carrier rail on the respective bus-circuit-plate section in respective installation position i. A related method for assigning a bus address is also disclosed.

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