Global Patent Index - EP 2236385 B1

EP 2236385 B1 20110720 - Addressing of signaling units for a bus of a signaling system

Title (en)

Addressing of signaling units for a bus of a signaling system

Title (de)

Adressierung von Signalisierungseinheiten für einen Bus eines Signalsystems

Title (fr)

Adressage de signalisation d'unités pour un bus d'un système de signalisation

Publication

EP 2236385 B1 20110720 (EN)

Application

EP 09157076 A 20090401

Priority

EP 09157076 A 20090401

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2236385A1] The invention relates to a signaling unit (4a to 4e) connectable to a bus (6) of a signalling system, in particular of a railway signalling system (1), comprising: a base part (10a) and a removable part (10b) detachably connected to the base part (10a), the base part (10a) comprising a light directing element (14), the removable part (10b) comprising a light source (14), wherein the base part (10a) comprises an RFID tag (17) adapted to store a bus address (A to E) of the signalling unit (4a to 4e), and wherein the removable part (10b) comprises an RFID reader (19) for reading-out the bus address (A to E) of the RFID tag (17). The invention also relates to a railway signal comprising a plurality of such railway signaling units (4a), and to a signaling system.

IPC 8 full level

B61L 5/18 (2006.01); G08G 1/095 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B61L 5/1881 (2013.01); G08G 1/095 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2236385 A1 20101006; EP 2236385 B1 20110720; AT E517010 T1 20110815

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 09157076 A 20090401; AT 09157076 T 20090401