Data and power cable assemblies
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorAndrew Waterbury
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Abstract
A data cable assembly and a power cable assembly. The data cable assembly including a first power cable and a first ground cable each including a plurality of cladded wires. The data cable assembly further including an data transmission cable and, in some instances, a clocking cable. The data transmission cable can be an active optical cable including, at each of its ends, an electrical-optical configured to covert received electrical signals to optical signals and convert received optical signals to electrical signals. The power cable assembly including a first, second, and third high power cable and a first, second, and third high power grounding cable, where each of the cables of the power cable assembly includes a plurality of cladded wires.
Claims11
A robotic arm, comprising:
- a base;
- a master control board;
- a first joint coupled to the base;
- a first link, wherein a proximal end of the first link is moveably connected to the first joint;
- a first control board configured to control the first joint;
- a first data cable assembly, comprising:
- a first data transmission cable,
- a first power cable comprising a first plurality of cladded wires, and
- a first ground cable comprising a second plurality of cladded wires;
- and
- wherein a proximal end of the first data cable assembly is communicatively connected to the master control board, the first data cable assembly is positioned to articulate with the first joint, and a distal end of the first data cable assembly is communicatively connected to the first control board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.