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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Balluff Gmbh, Neuhausen, DE;
Inventors:
Albert Feinaeugle, Wildberg, DE;
Roland Schaefer, Rottweil, DE;
Assignee:
Balluff GmbH, Neuhausen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); H04L 12/44 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/40006 (2013.01); G05B 19/0425 (2013.01); G06F 13/122 (2013.01); G06F 13/126 (2013.01); G06F 13/4221 (2013.01); H04L 12/40169 (2013.01); H04L 12/44 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 2012/4026 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an arrangement of an electrically communicative voltage supply for controlled operation of at least one electrically operable IO-Link device using an electrical DC voltage provided by a voltage supply unit as well as an IO-Link communication interface which is provided for the controlled operation of the at least one IO-Link device and formed with at least one channel, the IO-Link communication interface which is formed with at least one channel and the voltage supply unit form a structural unit and the IO-Link communication interface includes an IO-link master providing a gateway function.