US 12,430,082 B2
Connection element for producing a wired connection between a first and second unit
Hermann Schwagmann, Detmold (DE); Thomas Kriegel, Lüdenscheid (DE); and Dirk Mantei, Detmold (DE)
Assigned to TURCK Holding GmbH, Halver (DE)
Filed by TURCK Holding GmbH, Halver (DE)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/933,656.
Claims priority of application No. 102021124886.8 (DE), filed on Sep. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0101533 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/08 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/08 (2013.01) [G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 2213/3814 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a connection element for producing a wired connection between a first unit and a second unit, the connection element comprising
a diagnostic module, wherein the diagnostic module comprises:
a receiving interface configured to receive data from the first unit over a wired data connection;
a memory module configured to store the data received from the first unit for a run time of the first unit; and
a read-out interface configured to output the data stored by the memory module over a wireless data connection in response to a fault condition of the first unit, in which the first unit cannot communicate over wired routes or is not connected to a voltage supply.