Drive system
AssigneePhysik Instrumente (Pi) GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMichael Ebert, Christian Rudolf, Christian Sander
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Abstract
A drive system as disclosed includes an input shaft, an output shaft, and at least two coupling elements respectively coupled to the input shaft and the output shaft. In order to absorb assembly and manufacturing tolerances with respect to the shafts, the coupling elements and their attachment to the shafts and thereby prevent jamming of the drive system, at least one coupling element has an elastically deformable section, the elastically deformable section having a different material or a different cross-section than an adjacent section of the coupling element.
Claims15
Drive system comprising:
- an input shaft;
- an output shaft arranged in parallel to the input shaft;
- at least two coupling elements coupled to the input shaft and the output shaft, respectively, and extending in a direction perpendicular to the input shaft and the output shaft,
- wherein:
- at least one coupling element of the at least two coupling elements has an elastically deformable section,
- the elastically deformable section having a different material than an adjacent section of the coupling element, wherein the elastically deformable section is integrated into the coupling element by material bond, or
- the elastically deformable section having a different cross section than an adjacent section of the coupling element, wherein an entirety of the coupling element is formed as one piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.