Device

• US 8,395,281 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2006
• Issued: 03/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Company KG (BV Beteiligung GmbH & Company KG)
• Original Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Company KG (BV Beteiligung GmbH & Company KG)
• Inventors: Schmidt, Josef
• Primary Examiner(s): CAVALLARI, DANIEL J
• Application Number:
  US12/084,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20090257200A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,342 Days
• Field of Search: 307/104
• US Class Current: 307/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/70 specially adapted for specific purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A device, a module being insertible into a housing-forming recess of the device, energy and/or data being transmittable in a contactless manner.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a housing having a housing-forming recess on an outer surface of the housing, the housing enclosing a drive including at least one electric motor and a power-supplying electronic circuit; and

a module insertible into the housing-forming recess of the housing of the device, the module configured to contactlessly transmit energy and data to the device.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein power-supplying electronic circuit includes at least one of (a) a converter and (b) a soft-start electronics.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the drive includes a gear unit, the electric motor configured to drive the gear unit.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the module includes at least one of (a) an input device, (b) a display device, and (c) a plug connector interface.

5. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a mechanical and electromagnetically contactless interface adapted to connect to a corresponding mechanical and electromagnetically contactless interface of the module.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the mechanical and electromagnetically contactless interface is form-locking and inductive.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the recess includes a plastic surface toward an exterior environment.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the module includes a 24-volt supply source adapted to electrically connect to additional devices, energy for the 24-volt supply source transmittable inductively from a coil in an interior of the device to the module.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is connectable to mains supply lines, upon which data are also modulated at higher frequency for exchange of data between the device and additional devices.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is suppliable at least one of (a) in a contactless manner and (b) inductively from a primary conductor into which at least one of (a) a medium-frequency current and (b) a current at a frequency between 20 and 100 kHz is feedable, data for data exchange between the device and additional devices modulatable upon the primary conductor at a higher frequency than the frequency of the current in the primary conductor.

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the drive includes a first housing region, including an electric motor, and a third housing region connected to the first housing region only via a second housing region.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the first housing region includes a gear unit.

13. The device according to claim 11, wherein the second housing region includes connection terminals configured to connect to supply lines of the electric motor and a plug connector unit for an electrical plug connection to the third housing part.

14. The device according to claim 11, wherein the housing parts are respectively connected in an impervious manner and conforming to a high protection class.

15. The device according to claim 1, wherein the module includes at least one of (a) an input device, (b) a display device, and (c) a plug connector interface.

16. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a mechanical and electromagnetically contactless interface adapted to connect to a corresponding mechanical and electromagnetically contactless interface of the module.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein the mechanical and electromagnetically contactless interface is form-locking and inductively coupled.

18. The device according to claim 1, wherein the recess includes a plastic surface toward an exterior environment.

19. The device according to claim 1, wherein the module includes a 24-volt supply source adapted to electrically connect to additional devices, energy for the 24-volt supply source transmittable inductively from a coil in an interior of the device to the module.

20. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is connectable to mains supply lines, upon which data are also modulated at higher frequency for exchange of data between the device and additional devices.

21. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is suppliable at least one of (a) in a contactless manner and (b) inductively from a primary conductor into which at least one of (a) a medium-frequency current and (b) a current at a frequency between 20 and 100 kHz is feedable, data for data exchange between the device and additional devices modulatable upon the primary conductor at a higher frequency than the frequency of the current in the primary conductor.

22. The device according to claim 1, wherein the drive includes a first housing region, including an electric motor, and a third housing region connected to the first housing region only via a second housing region.

23. The device according to claim 22, wherein the first housing region includes a gear unit.

24. The device according to claim 22, wherein the second housing region includes connection terminals configured to connect to supply lines of the electric motor and a plug connector unit for an electrical plug connection to the third housing part.

25. The device according to claim 22, wherein the housing parts are respectively connected in an impervious manner and conforming to a high protection class.