Electronic input/output module

US6155723A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Thorsten Behr · Bad Boll, DE
• Roland Berg · Bad Ditzenbach, DE
• Jurgen Brand · Detmold, DE
• Achim Furhoff · Kirchlengern, DE
• Harald Grewe · Rahden, DE
• Frank Hannibal · Blomberg, DE
• Andreas Metzger · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Werner Neugebauer · Schlangen, DE
• Andreas Nordhoff · Schlangen, DE
• Viktor Oster · Blomberg, DE
• Andreas Pape · Brakel, DE
• Dirk Quardt · Steinheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 6, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 5, 2000
• Expiry date: Oct 6, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K7/1479
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An input/output module (1) with a terminal unit (2) for connection of sensors or actuators with an electronic unit (3) and with a bus connection element (4). The terminal unit (2) has at least one input/output (5) located in a surface thereof and the terminal unit is connected by the electronic unit (3) to the bus connection element (4). To replace the electronic unit (3), the terminal unit (2) can be removed from the electronic unit (3) without the need to remove lines (6) connected to the inputs/outputs (5). The terminal unit (2) is able to be mounted to the electronic unit (3) in each of two positions, the input/output (5) in the two positions lying in planes that are offset relative to each other by 90.degree..