Supply module and module chain
US9800047B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 24, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF15B13/0857
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A supply module for insertion into a module chain of functional modules mounted side by side along a concatenation axis and electrically connected to one another in a Z-linkage includes a first coupling surface having a plurality of electric input terminals, and a second coupling surface having a plurality of electric output terminals, wherein a specifiable assignment of the input terminals to the output terminals is provided, and wherein at least one input terminal is designed as a supply input for feeding in a supply voltage from an upstream functional module and at least one output terminal is designed as a supply output for transferring the supply voltage to a downstream functional module. An additional input for feeding in an additional supply voltage and an output terminal are provided for transferring the additional supply voltage to at least one functional module arranged downstream along the concatenation axis.
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