US 12,588,158 B2Granted

Drive system having a central module, distributors and drives

AssigneeSew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG

InventorsTobias Nittel, Martin Süß

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Abstract

A drive system includes a central module, distributors, and drives. Each drive is assigned a respective distributor. A first hybrid cable is led from the respective drive through a respective first cable gland of the respective distributor into the respective distributor, a second hybrid cable is led from the central module through a second cable gland into a first distributor, and a further second hybrid cable is led from a respective distributor through a further second cable gland into a respective distributor arranged downstream. A respective first data cable is led from the respective drive through a respective third cable gland into the respective distributor, and a respective second data cable is led from the respective drive through a respective third cable gland into the respective distributor.

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Dependent claims

A drive system, comprising:

a central module;
a plurality of distributors;
and
a plurality drives, each drive corresponding to a respective distributor;
wherein each drive is connected to the respective distributor by a first hybrid cable that extends from the drive through a first cable gland of the respective distributor into the respective distributor and by a first data cable and by a second data cable that extend from the drive through a respective third cable gland of the respective distributor into the respective distributor;
wherein a first second hybrid cable extends from the central module through a first second cable gland of a first one of the distributors into the first one of the distributors;
and
wherein a second second hybrid cable extends from a second second cable gland of the first one of the distributors through a first second cable gland of a downstream one of the distributors into the downstream one of the distributors.

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