MEASURING DEVICE HAVING AN INTERFACE

• US 20160084877A1
• Filed: 03/07/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Krohne Messtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Krohne Messtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: NEUBURGER, Stephan
• Granted Patent: US 10,247,754 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 21/00 Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/0416 Connectors, terminals G01R1/0425 and G01R1/0433 take precedence; with measurement function for battery poles G01R31/364

Abstract

Described and shown is a measuring device (1) for determining a measured variable. A sensor device (2) that generates at least one primary signal depending on the measured variable to be determined, an electronics device (3), a transition section (4) located between the sensor device (2) and the electronics device (3), an interface (5) arranged in the transition section (4) for transmitting energy and/or signals and having at least one signal line (7) between the sensor device (2) and the electronics device (3) are provided.

The object of the invention is thus to provide a measuring device that has an interface for transmitting signals or energy, which is easier to access than in the measuring device of the prior art.

The object is achieved in that the interface (5) and the signal line (7) can be reversibly connected for transmitting signals to one another.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. A measuring device for determining a measured variable, comprising:

at least one sensor device,

at least one electronics device,

at least one transition section located between the sensor device and the electronics device,

at least one interface arranged in the transition section for transmitting at least one of energy and signals, and

at least one signal line extending between the sensor device and the electronics device,

wherein the sensor device is operable to generate at least one primary signal depending on the measured variable to be determined,

wherein the interface and the signal line are reversibly connectable for transmitting signals to one another.

13. The measuring device according to claim 12, wherein at least one contact element is provided for transmitting the at least one of energy and signals between the signal line and the interface, and wherein, in at least one state of the device, the contact element interrupts transmission of said at least one of energy and signals via the signal line and enables at least the transmission of signals between the signal line and the interface.

14. The measuring device according to claim 13, wherein the at least one contact element allows said transmission of at least one of energy and signals via the signal line in at least one standard state.

15. The measuring device according to claim 12, wherein at least one flap is assigned to the interface.

16. The measuring device according to claim 15, wherein at least one contact element is provided for transmitting the at least one of energy and signals between the signal line and the interface, and wherein, in at least one state of the device, the contact element interrupts transmission of said at least one of energy and signals via the signal line and enables at least the transmission of signals between the signal line and the interface, and wherein the flap and the contact element are assigned to one another.

17. The measuring device according to claim 12, wherein the electronics device is assigned to at least one electronics housing and wherein the sensor device is assigned to at least one sensor housing.

18. The measuring device according to claim 17, wherein the interface is arranged in an adapter housing and wherein the adapter housing is reversibly connected to at least one of the electronics housing and the sensor housing.

19. The measuring device according to claim 18, wherein the electronics housing and the sensor housing are reversibly connectable to one another.

20. The measuring device according to claim 17, wherein the electronics housing and the sensor housing are each closed units and wherein the signal line forms a connection between the electronics housing and the sensor housing.

21. The measuring device according to claim 20, wherein the interface is assigned to one of the electronics housing and the sensor housing.

22. The measuring device according to claim 12, wherein the measuring device has only the interface for transmitting energy and signals.