EP4385291A1 - Steuerungsgehäusesystem und selbstfahrendes fahrzeug mit einem solchen steuerungsgehäusesystem - Google Patents
Steuerungsgehäusesystem und selbstfahrendes fahrzeug mit einem solchen steuerungsgehäusesystemInfo
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- EP4385291A1 EP4385291A1 EP22761498.9A EP22761498A EP4385291A1 EP 4385291 A1 EP4385291 A1 EP 4385291A1 EP 22761498 A EP22761498 A EP 22761498A EP 4385291 A1 EP4385291 A1 EP 4385291A1
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a control housing system and a self-propelled vehicle with such a control housing system.
- EP 3 324 266 A1 describes a device for controlling and operating an autonomous vehicle, the device comprising a chassis containing a number of compartments, including a control server compartment, a computing server compartment and an IO subsystem compartment, as well as an IO subsystem that is the IO subsystem compartment is used, the IO subsystem having a plurality of IO modules and at least some of the IO modules are coupled to one or more sensors, a computing server that is inserted into the computing server compartment, the computing server receiving the sensor data from IO subsystem receives via multiple PCIe interfaces and generates planning and control data depending on sensor data to control the autonomous vehicle , and a control server , inserted into the control server compartment and connected to the computing server via an Ethernet connection , the control server The autonomous vehicle controls and operates multiple controls by the control server sends commands to the hardware of the autonomous vehicle based on the planning and control data received from the computer server.
- the object of the invention is to create a control housing system that can be used in harsh working environments, but which can nevertheless be easily removed, used and/or replaced at least one control component for service and repair purposes.
- the task is solved by a control housing system, having:
- At least one control sub-housing with at least one housing rear wall, which carries at least one electrical connector rule
- At least one coupling wall facing the housing rear wall of the at least one control subhousing which has a circumferential sealing device, within the circumference of which at least one electrical mating connector of the interface chamber is positioned, corresponding to the electrical connector of the control subhousing, and
- control housing system comprises at least the rack, the interface chamber and at least one control sub-housing that can be mechanically and electrically separated from the rack and the interface chamber.
- a control sub-housing is considered to be an independent housing that is a part of the overall housing of the control housing system. In a simplified minimum configuration, only a single separable control sub-housing may be provided. However, the special advantages preferably result in a particularly sensible manner when two control sub-housings are provided or even more than two control sub-housings are provided. It is not necessary for all existing control sub-housings to be designed so that they can be separated both mechanically and electrically from the rack and the interface chamber.
- control sub-housings are designed to be both mechanically and electrically separable from the rack and the interface chamber.
- Each existing control sub-housing is, however, each considered individually, protected against the ingress of foreign bodies, specifically in a degree of protection that is at least necessary for the intended application.
- the interface chamber viewed on its own, is also protected against the ingress of foreign bodies, specifically in a degree of protection that is at least necessary for the intended application.
- control housing system In the case of the control housing system according to the invention, all existing control sub-housings and also the interface chamber, which each contain electrical and/or electronic components, should be protected against the ingress of foreign bodies, such as stones, sand, dust, other dirt, gases, vapors or, if necessary, water as well, in order to prevent the electrical and/or electronic components from failing, for example, and to minimize wear and tear, for example due to corrosion.
- IP degrees of protection are subdivided into groups that are defined in relevant standards. Relevant standards include, for example, ISO 20898, ISO 20653, NFPA 79, EN 60529, EN 60204-1 or EN1175-1.
- the corresponding sealing devices in the control housing system according to the invention can be designed differently, depending on the application.
- Each control sub-housing has a housing rear wall on which the at least one electrical connector is arranged.
- the rear wall of the housing is designates that housing wall or that housing wall section of the control sub-housing which, in the coupled position of the control sub-housing on the slide-in carrier, faces the interface chamber.
- the rear wall of the housing can have a single electrical plug connector.
- the rear wall of the housing can have two or more electrical plug connectors.
- each electrical connector is also an electromechanical connector
- each mating connector is also an electromechanical connector. Electrical energy in the form of electrical power and/or in the form of data or transfer information or be replaced .
- a mating connector is designed to correspond to the connector if the mating connector and connector are mechanically coupled in the sense of the plug-socket principle, in particular can be plugged together, so that they can also interact electrically when plugged together in order to create the desired electrical connection . It is initially irrelevant whether the mating connector is in the form of a plug or a socket or the plug connector is in the form of a plug or a socket. Configurations can also be provided in which the mating connector and the plug connector each have both plug elements and socket elements, provided these are designed to interlock.
- the plug connector can optionally have individual, multiple or any combination of electrical plugs, electrical sockets and/or electrical couplings. Accordingly, the mating connector of the interface chamber can also be designed in a correspondingly complementary manner have individual, multiple or any combination of electrical plugs, electrical sockets and/or electrical couplings.
- the electro-mechanical plug-in connection formed by the at least one connector of the control sub-housing and the at least one mating connector of the interface chamber is designed to be detachable, so that a connector coupled to the interface chamber, d. H . plugged-in control sub-housing can be manually removed from the interface chamber and removed from the rack.
- the electromechanical plug-in connection is intended for electrical energy, control signals, data and/or information to be transmitted between an electronic control or drive control or drive control present in the control sub-housing. of drive amplifiers and another electrical system or another electronic control or drive control or. transmitted by drive amplifiers in a further control sub-housing, in particular sent and / or received or. can be exchanged.
- a first control sub-housing can, for example, contain an electronic control device, which can be, for example, a driving controller and/or navigation controller of a self-propelled vehicle or a robot controller, with the control housing system additionally having at least one second control sub-housing , which contains a drive control and / or at least drive amplifiers, which are formed by the driving control and / or the navigation control or. implement drive commands made available by the robot controller into drive power, by means of the corresponding travel drive or drive motor ren of the wheels of the self-propelled vehicle or drive motors are driven by joints of a robot kinematics.
- an electronic control device which can be, for example, a driving controller and/or navigation controller of a self-propelled vehicle or a robot controller
- the control housing system additionally having at least one second control sub-housing , which contains a drive control and / or at least drive amplifiers, which are formed by the driving control and / or the navigation control or.
- the electromechanical plug-in connection formed by the at least one connector of the control sub-housing and the at least one mating connector of the interface chamber can be used not only to transfer electrical energy and/or electrical control signals, data and/or information between electronic control devices or Drive control and / or drive amplifier of two or more different control sub-housings are exchanged, but also electrical energy and / or electrical control signals, data and / or information between a respective system in a control sub-housing of the control housing system and another electrical or electronic system outside transmitted or the control housing system according to the invention. be replaced .
- External control modules and/or sensors for example of a self-propelled vehicle, can also be connected to the control housing system via the electromechanical plug connection, in particular indirectly via electrical line sections of at least one electrical line fed via a line bushing device and/or via at least one electrical connecting cable , which electrically connects at least one industrial connector of the interface chamber to the mating connector of the interface chamber .
- the slide-in support itself can in turn either be designed as a separate closed housing or, as is shown in the case of the exemplary embodiment, be designed as an open frame or support. Since both the at least one control sub-housing and the interface If the chamber is designed to be sealed in accordance with the respective requirements in the specific type of protection, a closed design of the slide-in rack is basically unnecessary.
- the slide-in carrier can therefore be designed in a correspondingly simple manner, in particular in a structurally reduced manner to its essential function as a holder and guide for the at least one control sub-housing.
- the interface chamber is connected to the rack, in particular firmly or rigidly connected.
- a fixed or Rigid connection of the interface chamber with respect to the slide-in carrier ensures a very precise relative location and position of the to-be-inserted or to be plugged in, d . H . control subhousing to be coupled to the interface chamber.
- the electrical mating connector of the interface chamber can be adjustably mounted relative to the coupling wall in a plane parallel to the coupling wall, so that such manufacturing tolerances or assembly tolerances can be compensated, although the interface chamber is firmly or rigidly connected to the rack.
- the guide device can be formed in the simplest case of straight rails or angle bars on which the j e- wavy control sub-housing set up or. is placed and on which the control sub-housing is linearly displaceable, specifically in the plug-in direction of the connector of the control sub-housing and mating connector of the interface chamber.
- the at least one control sub-housing is thus at least between a decoupled position on the rack, in which the at least one electrical connector is unplugged from the corresponding mating connector of the interface chamber, and a coupled position on the rack, in which the at least one electrical connector is on the corresponding mating connector of the interface chamber is inserted, slidably mounted on the at least one rail or angle bar.
- the interface chamber has at least one line bushing device. Electrical line sections are routed from outside the interface chamber into the interior of the interface chamber or an electrical line is plugged in via the at least one line bushing device in order to electrically connect the respective electrical line to at least one connecting cable arranged in the interior of the interface chamber.
- the components, devices or sensors present outside of the control housing system can be connected to the electronic control devices or Drive controls and / or drive amplifiers of the control sub-housing are electrically connected.
- the cable bushing device is designed to be sealed so that no foreign bodies such as stones, sand, dust, other dirt, gases, vapors or possibly water can get through the cable bushing device. Direction can get from outside the interface chamber into the interior of the interface chamber.
- the interface chamber has an assembly opening which can be closed in a sealing manner by a cover and via which the interior of the interface chamber is accessible when the cover is removed. Accordingly, the interface chamber thus comprises at least one cover.
- the cover can be attached to the interface chamber in a completely detachable manner, for example by means of a plurality of screws arranged distributed over the circumference, which engage in threaded bores in a side wall of the interface chamber when the cover is screwed tight to the interface chamber.
- the cover can also be mounted in the form of a flap or a door so that it can be adjusted, in particular slidably or pivotably, so that the cover cannot be completely removed from the interface chamber, but at least between one of the assembly ovens f Vietnamese-releasing open position and a closed position sealingly closing the assembly opening is adjustably mounted on the interface chamber.
- the flap or the door In the closed position of the lid or Depending on the application and the applicable standard and required degree of protection, the flap or the door is sealed accordingly so that no foreign bodies such as stones, sand, dust, other dirt, gases, vapors or possibly water can get through the installation opening can get into the interior of the interface chamber from outside the interface chamber.
- the assembly opening serves primarily to be able to configure the line sections fed into the interior of the interface chamber and/or the connection cables, d. H . connect electrically to the desired mating connector of the interface chamber can, in particular to be able to plug in, unplug or replug.
- the mating connectors themselves can also be reconfigured, removed, inserted or exchanged via the assembly opening, if necessary also replaced by dummy plugs or sealed panels if a respective mating connector or a respective cable bushing device is not required at the relevant position.
- the housing rear wall of the control sub-housing is in sealing contact with the peripheral sealing device of the coupling wall of the interface chamber.
- a particular advantage is that even when the control sub-housing is unplugged, both the control sub-housing itself and the interface chamber considered alone continue to be sealed in the appropriately designed protection class and retain their respective sealing protective effect, which prevents that foreign bodies such as stones, sand, dust, other dirt, gases,
- Interface chamber into the interior of the interface chamber more or . from outside the control sub-housing into the interior of the control sub-housing.
- the sealing device which has a sealing effect in the combination of a seal with a sealing seat surface, is designed to seal a gap between the control sub-housing and the interface chamber when the control sub-housing is in its coupled position on the rack, so that no foreign bodies , in particular no stones, sand, dust, other dirt, gases, vapors or possibly also water, depending on the required IP degree of protection (engl .: ingress protection) , can get into the electrical plug connection of the plug connector of the control sub-housing and mating plug connector of the interface chamber .
- the sealing device of the coupling wall of the interface chamber can comprise a seal attached to the coupling wall, which is arranged in an edge region of an opening in the coupling wall, with the mating connector of the interface chamber extending beyond the opening for plugging in the electrical connector of the controller -Subhousing is accessible in the mating connector of the interface chamber, and the housing rear wall of the control subhousing has a cooperating in the coupled position of the control subhousing with the seal of the coupling wall sealing seat surface.
- the opening in the coupling wall is dimensioned such that all mating connectors provided are accessible via the opening.
- the sealing device of the coupling wall surrounds the least at least one mating connector individually or several mating connectors together.
- the mating connector of the interface chamber for plugging the electrical connector of the control sub-housing into the mating connector of the interface chamber is accessible via the opening.
- the opening in the coupling wall of the interface chamber should therefore only be understood to mean that the plug connector of the control sub-housing can be plugged into the mating plug connector of the interface chamber.
- the opening can, however, be permanently closed by the at least one mating connector, in a manner which corresponds to the desired or required protection class to prevent the ingress of foreign bodies such as stones, sand, dust, other dirt, gases, vapors or possibly also water into the interface chamber. This can even be provided if the at least one mating connector is adjustably mounted relative to the coupling wall in a plane parallel to the coupling wall. In such a case, the mating connector can be sealed against the coupling wall by means of a dynamic seal.
- the seal attached to the coupling wall can be a static flat seal, for example.
- the seal can have a shape that is adapted to the shape of the opening and accordingly enclose the edge area of the opening in the form of a frame.
- the seal can be made of an elastic material, which bridges a gap between the coupling wall of the interface chamber and the housing rear wall of the associated control sub-housing in the coupled position of the control sub-housing.
- the sealing device of the coupling wall of the interface chamber can comprise a sealing seat surface formed on the coupling wall, which is arranged in an edge region of an opening in the coupling wall, with the mating connector of the interface chamber extending beyond the opening for plugging in the electrical connector of the control sub-housing in the mating connector of the interface chamber is accessible, and the housing rear wall of the control sub-housing has a cooperating seal in the coupled position of the control sub-housing with the sealing seat surface of the coupling wall.
- the opening of the coupling wall is also dimensioned here in such a way that all mating connectors provided are accessible via the opening.
- the sealing seat surface of the coupling wall surrounds the at least one mating connector individually or the plurality of mating connectors together.
- the mating connector of the interface chamber for plugging the electrical connector of the control sub-housing into the mating connector of the interface chamber is accessible via the opening.
- the opening in the coupling wall of the interface chamber is only to be understood to mean that the plug connector of the control sub-housing can be plugged into the mating plug connector of the interface chamber.
- the opening can, however, be permanently closed by the at least one mating connector, in a manner which corresponds to the desired or need protection class to prevent the ingress of foreign objects, such as stones, To prevent sand, dust, other dirt, gases, vapors or possibly water in the interface chamber.
- the at least one mating connector is adjustably mounted relative to the coupling wall in a plane parallel to the coupling wall. In such a case, the mating connector can be sealed against the coupling wall by means of a dynamic seal.
- the seal now attached to the rear wall of the control sub-housing can also be a static flat seal.
- the seal can be adapted to the shape of the opening in the coupling wall of the interface chamber or have a shape adapted to the shape of the sealing seat surface on the coupling wall of the interface chamber and accordingly enclose the edge region of the opening in the shape of a frame.
- the seal can be made of an elastic material, which bridges a gap between the coupling wall of the interface chamber and the housing rear wall of the associated control sub-housing in the coupled position of the control sub-housing.
- the mating electrical connector of the interface chamber can be mounted adjustably relative to the coupling wall in a plane parallel to the coupling wall.
- the opening in the coupling wall of the interface chamber can accordingly be permanently closed by the at least one mating connector, even with an adjustable mounting of the at least one mating connector, specifically in a manner which corresponds to the desired or need protection class corresponds to the ingress of foreign bodies, such as stones, sand, dust, other dirt, gases, To prevent vapors or possibly water in the interface chamber.
- the mating connector can be sealed against the coupling wall by means of a dynamic seal, for example.
- the guide device can comprise at least one rail on which the control sub-housing can be moved in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the coupling wall of the interface chamber between the decoupled position on the rack, in which the at least one electrical connector is unplugged, and the coupled position on the rack , in which the at least one electrical connector is plugged into the mating connector, is mounted so as to be linearly displaceable.
- the at least one rail can be straight and, in particular, formed by at least one angle bar, on which the respective control sub-housing is placed or. is placed and on which the control sub-housing is linearly displaceable, specifically in the plug-in direction of the connector of the control sub-housing and mating connector of the interface chamber.
- the at least one control sub-housing is thus at least between a decoupled position on the rack, in which the at least one electrical connector is unplugged from the corresponding mating connector of the interface chamber, and a coupled position on the rack, in which the at least one electrical connector is on the corresponding mating connector of the interface chamber is inserted, slidably mounted on the at least one rail or angle bar.
- the slide-in carrier can have at least one clamping means which is designed to hold the control sub-housing in its other coupled position on the rack, in which the electrical connector of the control sub-housing is plugged into the mating connector of the interface chamber to fix and / or in the insertion direction against the seal and / or the seal seat surface pressing tighten.
- the clamping means can have a pressing device, which is arranged on a housing front wall of the control subhousing opposite the housing rear wall of the control subhousing and is supported on a section of the slide-in carrier there.
- a lug can be fastened to the insert carrier, which has a threaded hole in which a plane perpendicular to the housing rear wall of the control sub-housing or is screwed perpendicular to the plane of the coupling wall of the interface chamber aligned screw.
- the front end of the screw on the threaded side can press against the housing front wall of the control sub-housing directly and indirectly via interposed spacers or clamps when the screw is screwed in.
- the control sub-housing is guided on the guide device of the rack with its housing rear wall pressed against the coupling wall of the interface chamber or. biased .
- the slide-in carrier can have damping bodies, by means of which the slide-in carrier can be mounted in a vibration-damped manner on a frame or a chassis, for example of a vehicle.
- support arms or support brackets can be formed on the slide-in support, which have support sections that include downward-pointing seat surfaces, on each of which an elastic damping body is fastened.
- the line bushing device can have at least one cable entry device and/or at least one industrial plug connector.
- the at least one cable entry device can have a divisible or one-piece frame in which one or more slotted sealing bodies are used, with each sealing body an electrical line or. receives an electrical cable in a sealing manner, in that the sealing body surrounds the jacket of the line in a sealing manner.
- the electrical lines can already be pre-assembled with plugs before they are inserted into the interface chamber.
- Divisibility of the frame has the advantage that, on the one hand, there is no need to disassemble plugs from the cable and reassemble plugs on the cable and, on the other hand, the cable can also be routed into the interface chamber later, since the cable entry device surrounds the cables can be mounted.
- split frame cable entry devices include, for example, a hard plastic frame and a NEN or more slotted sealing body, which can be made of elastomeric plastic.
- the cable that is fed into the interface chamber via the cable entry devices is firmly enclosed by this sealing body and fixed in the frame made of hard plastic.
- a desired or required sealing effect and possibly also a strain relief can be achieved.
- a one-piece frame made of hard plastic can also be provided.
- Such frames can, for example, be subdivided into several differently sized passage openings with insertable or permanently formed partitions. Suitable sealing bodies can then be inserted individually into these passage openings.
- the subdivision of the frame by means of partitions also enables individual sealing elements or Cables .
- the dividers can also be rearranged without dismantling the one-piece frame if desired.
- the laterally slotted sealing bodies can, after they have been slipped onto the jacket of the conductor, be inserted, for example, from the inside of the housing into the windows of the frame, which are subdivided by the partitions.
- solid sealing bodies can be used in windows .
- At least one industrial plug connector can also be provided.
- the industrial connector can have a plug housing tightly attached to the interface chamber, in which a Plug carrier, a socket carrier or a hybrid carrier (plugs and sockets mixed) is attached, with corresponding electrical plug inserts and/or electrical socket inserts being used on the plug carrier, the socket carrier or the hybrid carrier, which fte the ready-made electrical plug pins and/or electrical socket pins exhibit .
- the interface chamber can have a dust-tight and/or liquid-tight interior, in which electrical line sections of at least one electrical line fed in via a line bushing device and/or at least one electrical connecting cable, which electrically connects at least one industrial connector to the mating connector, are arranged.
- the sealed electrical line sections introduced into the interior of the interface chamber, which are already assembled with plugs and/or sockets on the inside end, or separate electrical connecting cables can then be electrically contacted or connected to the mating connector on the coupling wall of the interface chamber in the desired manner. to be infected .
- the control housing system can have at least one first control sub-housing with at least one first housing rear wall that carries at least one first electrical connector, the first control sub-housing containing an electronic control device, and the control housing system can have at least one second control sub-housing with at least one second housing rear wall, which carries at least one second electrical connector, have, wherein the second control sub-housing contains drive amplifiers of a drive controller.
- the first control sub-housing contains an electronic control device, which can be, for example, a driving controller and/or navigation controller of a self-propelled vehicle or a robot controller, with the controller housing system additionally having the second control sub-housing, which has a drive controller and/or or at least contains drive amplifiers, which are designed, for example, from the driving control and / or from the navigation control or. implement drive commands made available by the robot controller into drive power, by means of the corresponding travel drive or Drive motors of the wheels of the self-propelled vehicle or drive motors are driven by joints of a robot kinematics.
- an electronic control device which can be, for example, a driving controller and/or navigation controller of a self-propelled vehicle or a robot controller
- the controller housing system additionally having the second control sub-housing, which has a drive controller and/or or at least contains drive amplifiers, which are designed, for example, from the driving control and / or from the navigation control or. implement drive commands made available by the robot controller into drive power,
- a self-driving vehicle having a control housing system according to one of the described embodiments and/or embodiment variants.
- the self-driving and/or autonomous vehicle is preferably designed for driverless driving.
- the vehicle has a control device, which can also be referred to as a drive control.
- the control device also includes a drive control which determines the directions of rotation and the speeds of rotation or possibly . also the rotational accelerations and possibly . automatically controls and/or regulates the steering position angle of the driven wheels of the vehicle, depending on the driving commands of the driving controller.
- the vehicle can also have non-driven wheels which, without being controlled by the control device, are only rotatably mounted on the vehicle body of the vehicle without being connected to the drive device or the drive control sion to be connected.
- the vehicle can, for example, form a driverless transport system (DTS).
- DTS driverless transport system
- the self-driving and/or autonomous vehicle can in particular be part of a mobile robot, in which the vehicle forms a driving platform, in particular an omnidirectional driving platform, on which an automatically controllable robot arm is arranged in order to be able to change its installation location by driving the driving platform.
- Each driven wheel may have a hub or axle connected to a motor.
- each individual wheel can be assigned its own motor.
- the drive control drives the respective drivable wheel in that the drive control activates the respective motor and the respective motor drives or brakes the corresponding wheel.
- the driven wheels are regularly mounted rotatably about a wheel axle on the vehicle body, in particular on a chassis forming the vehicle body.
- omnidirectional wheels apart from their rotatable mounting about the wheel axis, these are generally not reorientable or pivotable about any other axis, i. H . the wheels are non-steerable wheels.
- the vehicle can also have steering wheels.
- the omnidirectional wheels are operated at different rotational speeds. Depending on the rotational speed differences, which can also include different directions of rotation, from one wheel to another wheel, a resulting movement of the vehicle occurs.
- the vehicle can then also turn around its own vertical axis on the spot or. turn around .
- An omnidirectional wheel vehicle is also able to move in a straight line in the direction of the axis of rotation of the driven wheels, ie lateral displacement of the omnidirectional wheel vehicle.
- Fig. 1 is a perspective view from the front of a specific exemplary embodiment of a control housing system according to the invention with the control sub-housings removed,
- Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the controller housing system of FIG. 1 with remote control subchassis
- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the
- Control housing system in which both a first control sub-housing is used, which contains an electronic control device, and a second control sub-housing is used, which contains drive amplifiers of a drive controller, and
- FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of an exemplary self-propelled vehicle which contains the control housing system according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 shows a slide-in mount 2 of the control housing system 1 according to the invention together with an interface chamber 3 .
- the interface chamber 3 is mechanically connected to the rack 2 .
- the interface chamber 3 includes at least one cable bushing device 4.
- the cable bushing device 4 includes two separate cable entry devices 4.1 and 4.2 and an industrial plug connector 4.3.
- the interface chamber 3 comprises coupling wall 5, which has a circumferential sealing device 6, within the circumference of which at least one mating electrical connector 7 of the interface chamber 3 is positioned.
- the slide-in carrier 2 has a guide device 8 which is designed for mechanically guiding at least one control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 (FIG. 3, FIG. 4). Through the guide device 8 is the respective control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 between a decoupled position on the rack 2, in which the at least one electrical connector 10 is unplugged, and a coupled position on the rack 3, in which the at least one electrical connector 10 is connected the mating connector 7 is plugged in, out.
- the respective control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 has a rear housing wall 11 which carries the at least one electrical connector 10, as shown in FIG.
- the electrical connector 10 is plugged into the corresponding mating electrical connector 7 of the interface chamber 3.
- the housing rear wall 11 of the control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 is in sealing contact with the peripheral sealing device 6 of the coupling wall 5 of the interface chamber 3.
- the interface chamber 3 also has an assembly opening 13 that can be closed in a sealing manner by a cover 12 and via which an interior space 14 of the interface chamber 3 is accessible when the cover 12 is removed—as shown in FIG.
- the sealing device 6 of the coupling wall 5 of the interface chamber 3 comprises a seal 6a attached to the coupling wall 5, which is arranged in an edge region of an opening 15 in the coupling wall 5, with the mating connector 7 of the interface chamber 3 leading beyond the opening 15 to the Plugging in the electrical connector 10 of the control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 in the mating connector 7 of
- Interface chamber 3 is accessible.
- the back of the case 11 of the control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2, on the other hand, has a sealing seat surface 6b that interacts with the seal 6a of the coupling wall 5 when the control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 is in the coupled position.
- the sealing device 6 of the coupling wall 5 of the interface chamber 3 can also comprise a sealing seat surface formed on the coupling wall 5, which is arranged in an edge region of an opening 15 in the coupling wall 5, with the mating connector 7 of the interface chamber 3 going beyond the opening 15 for inserting the electrical connector 10 of the control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 is accessible in the mating connector 7 of the interface chamber 3.
- the rear wall 11 of the control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 has a seal that interacts with the sealing seat surface of the coupling wall 5 when the control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 is in the coupled position.
- Each mating electrical connector 7 of the interface chamber 3 can be mounted adjustably relative to the coupling wall 5 in a plane parallel to the coupling wall 5 .
- Fig. 3 shows the guide device 8, as it comprises at least one rail 8a, on which the respective control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 can be moved in a direction R perpendicular to the plane of the coupling wall 5 of the interface chamber 3 between a decoupled position on the rack 2 , In which the at least one electrical connector 10 is unplugged and the coupled position on the rack 2, in which the at least one electrical connector 10 is plugged into the respective mating connector 7, is mounted linearly displaceable.
- the rack 2 can have at least one clamping means 16 which is designed to hold the control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 in its coupled position on the rack 2, in which the electrical connector 10 of the control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 is plugged into the mating connector 7 of the interface chamber 3, to be fixed and/or tightened in the direction of insertion against the seal 6a and/or the seal seat surface 6b by pressing.
- the clamping means 16 can have a pressing device 17 which is arranged on a housing front wall 18 of the respective control subhousing 9.1, 9.2 opposite the housing rear wall 11 of the control subhousing 9.1, 9.2 and is supported on a section 19 of the slide-in carrier 2 there.
- a lug 20 can be attached to the slide-in support 2, which has a respective threaded hole 21, in which a respective perpendicular to the housing rear wall 11 level of the control Subhousing 9.1, 9.2 or perpendicular to the plane of the coupling wall 5 of the interface chamber 2 aligned screw 22 is screwed.
- the front end 23 of the screw 22 on the threaded side can press directly and indirectly against the housing front wall 18 of the control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 via interposed spacers or clamps 24 when the screw 22 is screwed in.
- the control sub-housing 9.1, 9.2 is guided on the guide device 8 of the rack 2 with its housing rear wall 10 pressed against the coupling wall 5 of the interface chamber 3 or prestressed.
- the slide-in carrier 2 has damping bodies 25 by means of which the slide-in carrier 2 can be mounted in a vibration-damped manner on a frame or a chassis, for example of a vehicle 26 (FIG. 5).
- support arms 27 or support brackets can be formed on the slide-in support 2, which have support sections that include downward-pointing seat surfaces, on each of which an elastic damping body 28 is fastened.
- the rack mount 2 When the rack mount 2 is installed in the device or machine, such as the vehicle 26, the undersides of the elastic damping bodies 28 are seated on support surfaces of the frame or chassis of the device or machine, such as the vehicle 26, with the Insertion carrier 2 to the extent that it rests on the elastic damping bodies 28 .
- the control housing system 1 comprises a first control sub-housing 9 . 1 with at least a first housing rear wall 11, which carries at least one first electrical connector 10, wherein the first control sub-housing 9. 1 contains an electronic control device.
- the control housing system 1 shown also comprises a second control sub-housing 9 . 2 with a second housing rear wall 11, which carries at least one second electrical connector 10, wherein the second control sub-housing 9. 2 drive amplifiers of a drive controller contains.
- control housing system 1 together with the electronic control device and the drive amplifiers or. of traction control may be included in a self-propelled vehicle 25 as shown in FIG. 5 is shown by way of example.
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