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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2021
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hidetsugu Koga, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kunihiko Ogawa, Kitakyushu, JP;
Isamu Matsumura, Kitakyushu, JP;
Junya Hisamatsu, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yasuhiro Matsutani, Kitakyushu, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, Kitakyushu, JP;
Abstract
A communication system includes a master device, a connector, a superordinate trunk cable connecting the master device and the connector, a superordinate slave device connected to the connector, a subordinate slave device, and a subordinate trunk cable connecting the connector and the subordinate slave device. The connector includes a superordinate power line via which power is supplied from the master device, a power branching unit to divide the superordinate power line into a first power line connected to the superordinate slave device and a second power line connected to the subordinate slave device, a superordinate signal line via which communication data between the master device and the superordinate slave device is configured to be transmitted, and a subordinate signal line via which communication data between the superordinate slave device and the subordinate slave device is configured to be transmitted.