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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2018
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Urs Schweizer, Malsch-Waldprechtsweier, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A communication module for a communication or automation device includes a housing having a connection region that can be brought into contact with a base module of the communication or automation device, wherein centering pins of the connection region are insertable into corresponding receptacles in the base module, a fastening screw having a threaded section penetrates the housing between the centering pins, where the threaded section of the fastening screw is screwable into a threaded hole in the base module, and a passage for receiving the fastening screw is arranged substantially centrally in the housing and extends at right angles to the connection region, the fastening screw has a driver ring connected to it that surrounds a section of a shaft of the fastening screw and where, along the passage, a cutout is provided in the housing for the driver ring that is axially displaceable inside the cutout.