Drive belt wth conducting elements

A drive belt comprising:

• a first conducting element embedded in a polymer material for transmitting electrical energy;
• the first conducting element is formed by a plurality of tensile members that extend in a longitudinal direction (X) of the drive belt and are arranged parallel to one another;
• the drive belt has at least one second conducting element for transmitting data;
• the second conducting element has a substrate with conductor tracks printed thereon;
• the drive belt is a non-closed drive belt having a predetermined length and two ends;
• the substrate consists of the polymer material of the drive belt;
• the substrate and the conductor tracks are embedded in the polymer material of the drive belt;
• the drive belt has at least one connection adapter arranged at an end side of the drive belt, wherein the first conducting element and the second conducting element are combined in the connection adapter for feeding in and/or tapping the electrical energy and the data;
• the drive belt has at least one contact-connection element to which the first conducting element is electrically connected at the end, wherein the contact-connection element connects the first conducting element to the connection adapter;
• the contact-connection element is connected to a cable that leads into the connection adapter;
• the contact-connection element has at least one pair of fork-shaped prongs extending in a vertical direction (Z) for receiving the tensile members that extends in the longitudinal direction (X) of the drive belt;
• and
• wherein the contact-connection element is inserted into the polymer material in the vertical direction (Z).