US 7,491,884 B2
Housing and field device with hood enclosure
Josef Schmidt, Graben-Neudorf (Germany); Gunter Becker, Ostringen (Germany); Claus Schopfer, Sandhausen (Germany); and Klaus Schwesinger, Bruchsalhard (Germany)
Assigned to Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG, Bruchsal (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/527,373
PCT Filed Jul. 24, 2003, PCT No. PCT/EP03/08126
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 10, 2005,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/026013, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 102 42 178 (DE), filed on Sep. 10, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2005/0272319 A1, Dec. 08, 2005
Int. Cl. H02G 3/08 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 174—60  [174/564; 439/362; 439/928] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A field device, comprising:
a housing including a housing part arranged as a hood, the hood including at least one opening in at least one direction, the housing including at least one connection box including at least one opening in the at least one direction of the at least one opening of the hood;
at least one electronics insert arranged inside the housing;
wherein the connection box includes a first plug-in connector and the electronics insert includes a second plug-in connector, the first plug-in connector and the second plug-in connector forming a plug-in connection between the connection box and the electronics insert;
wherein the connection box has cable-feed openings on a lower side;
wherein the electronics insert is form-locked to the connection box; and
wherein the electronics insert is joined to an inner side of the hood to form a seal.