Connection connector for drive units
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorBernd Kürten
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Abstract
A drive system having a plurality of drive units that each have a converter and preferably one motor, wherein the drive system includes an energy supply system that supplies electric energy to the drive units, and a control system that includes a control computer and at least one control line, where the control system transmits control instructions to the drive units, and where the energy supply system and the drive units are releasably connected together via a first respective connection connector, preferably via a plug connection, and the control system and the drive units are releasably connected together via a second respective connection connector, preferably via a plug connection.
Claims16
A drive system comprising:
- a plurality of drive units which each comprise an inverter and a motor;
- an energy supply system configured to supply the plurality of drive units with an electrical energy;
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- a control system comprising a control computer and at least one control line, the control system being configured to transmit control instructions to the plurality of drive units;
- wherein the energy supply system and the plurality of drive units are each interconnected in a detachable manner via a first connection connector comprising a plug connection;
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- wherein the control system and the plurality of drive units are each interconnected in a detachable manner via a second connection connector comprising a second plug connection.
A method for producing and separating a connection of a drive unit, which comprises an inverter and a motor, to an energy supply system which supplies the drive unit with electrical energy and to a control system which comprises a control computer and at least one control line, the control system being configured to transmit control instructions to the drive unit, the method comprising:
- a) producing a connection of the drive unit to the energy supply system and to the control system by a common connection connector;
- b) signaling to the drive unit that a separation from the energy supply system is impending, the signaling being performed by a separation of the connection of the drive unit to the control system;
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- c) subsequently separating the connection of the drive unit to the energy supply system by separating the connection of the drive unit to the connection connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.