Input and output device designed for being detachably mounted to an electronic equipment

US7150639B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VEGA Grieshaber KG · DE

Inventors

• Josef Fehrenbach · Lenzkirch, DE
• Holger Staiger · Lindlar, DE
• Jurgen Motzer · Gengenbach, DE
• Thomas Arnold · Aliso Viejo, US
• Johannes Falk · St. Georgen, DE
• Thomas Deck · Wolfach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 2003
• Grant date: Dec 19, 2006
• Expiry date: Apr 18, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01D11/24
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Described is an input and output device for inputting or outputting data of an electronic equipment. The input and output device is designed for being detachably mounted to the electronic equipment in at least two different positions. The input and output device features a first contacting arrangement which, independent of the selected position in the mounted state of the input and output device on the electronic equipment, electrically comes in connection with a second contacting arrangement present on the electronic equipment. In one embodiment, orientation of the device may be varied, thereby enabling it to be coupled to a receiver by a bayonet connection and with a set of contacting arrangement engaging the second contacting arrangement in any orientation. Moreover, described are an operating and display module, as well as to a combination of an electronic equipment and an input and output device that can be detachably mounted thereto.