US 12,386,099 B2
Sensor
Bernhard Feller, Friedberg (DE); Andreas Jüttner, Munich (DE); Daniela Kessler, Laichingen (DE); Frank Schreiber, Beienfurt (DE); and Joachim Koperski, Ottobrunn (DE)
Assigned to Leuze electronic GmbH + Co. KG, Owen/Teck (DE)
Filed by Leuze electronic GmbH + Co. KG, Owen/Teck (DE)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/099,922.
Claims priority of application No. 22157858 (EP), filed on Feb. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266495 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G01V 8/20 (2006.01)
CPC G01V 8/20 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor for detecting objects within a monitoring range, with sensor components and an evaluator (9),
wherein an object detection signal is generated in the evaluator (9) in dependence upon sensor signals of the sensor components,
characterized in that the sensor has a device connector (10), which has a connector configured for connecting to a cable (12) or a connection module (11),
and that configuration jumpers and/or a configuration memory (17) can be attached to the device connector (10),
whereby an operating mode of the sensor can be preset and/or a signal distribution can be preset to connection elements of the connection module (11)
and wherein a configuration in a configuration memory (17) can be selected with configuration jumpers.