Modular drive system
AssigneeMannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
InventorThomas Vilain
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Abstract
A set of modular elements for the construction of a drive system, includes at least one main transmission, a motor unit, and a stepped sequence of subtransmissions mounted between the main transmission and the motor unit, whereby the subtransmissions are so configured that each subtransmission is connectable to the next smaller subtransmission and/or next greater subtransmission.
Claims18
A modular drive system, comprising:
- a spur-gear-type transmission unit including a plurality of main transmission modules of successively decreasing size, and a plurality of subtransmission modules of successively decreasing size, each subtransmission module being connectable to a corresponding one of the main transmission modules for defining a power train;
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- a plurality of complementary motor units;
- said transmission unit being configured that a one of the subtransmission modules is so connectable to a subtransmission module of at least one of a next smaller size and a next greater size that the transmission unit has a common oil compartment.
A set of modular elements for the construction of a drive system, said set comprising a main transmission, a motor unit, and a plurality of subtransmission modules configured of successively decreasing size and intended for selective attachment between the main transmission and the motor unit for defining a power train, said subtransmissions being configured that a one of the subtransmission modules is so connectable to a subtransmission module of at least one of a next smaller size and a next greater size that the main transmission and connected ones of the subtransmission modules have a common oil compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.