US Patent Issued to Beckhoff Automation on March 4 for "Control-cabinet system having a base module and a functional module, base module and functional module" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,398, issued on March 4, was assigned to Beckhoff Automation GmbH (Verl, Germany).

"Control-cabinet system having a base module and a functional module, base module and functional module" was invented by Hans Beckhoff (Verl, Germany), Peter Wittenborg (Verl, Germany) and Daniel Siegenbrink (Bielefeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control-cabinet system has a base module and at least one functional module. The base module has a base housing with a first housing face and a second housing face. The functional module has a functional housing with a housing underside, where a circulation channel is arranged. Air flow may be cir...