US 12,241,566 B2
Adapter for wireless data transmission
Leonard Yousif, Wiesbaden (DE); Melanie Dürr, Frankfurt am Main (DE); Andreas Klein, Nidderau (DE); and Christian Mellinger, Obertshausen (DE)
Assigned to SAMSON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Appl. No. 17/913,977
Filed by SAMSON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/056684
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/191000, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020108075.1 (DE), filed on Mar. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0184351 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 37/0058 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve positioner comprising:
a housing with a window opening;
a device for monitoring the operating condition;
an operating status display of the device for monitoring the operating condition located inside the housing behind the window opening and visible from the outside;
with an interface for outputting data concerning the operating condition;
with an adapter for wireless data transmission, according to the “Bluetooth Low Energy” standard, comprising:
a cylindrical housing, the radius of which is at least twice and at most ten times as large as its height;
a wireless transceiver;
a processor disposed in the cylindrical housing and connected to the wireless transceiver; and
a data interface connected to the processor, wherein the processor is adapted to drive the transceiver and the data interface and to wirelessly transmit data therewith;
wherein the cylindrical housing has an optical signaling device on the side facing away from the processor;
wherein the adapter is connected to the interface; and
wherein the adapter is positioned between the operating status display and the window opening in a position that allows inspection of the signaling device through the window opening.