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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Thomas Vilain, Velen, DE;
Mannesmann AG, Düsseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A modular drive system, includes a plurality of assemblies connectable to one another in series, wherein immediately adjoining two assemblies form, in the flow direction of power, a leading assembly having a case and a rotatably supported driving shaft set within the case, and a trailing assembly having a case and an driven shaft in operative communication with the driving shaft. In order to allow a screwed connection between the successive assemblies while still maintaining a precise spacing between the shafts of meshing gears, the cases of the successive assemblies are aligned by a centering pin which is received in form-fitting engagement in a single centering opening formed by complementary aligned bores provided in confronting walls of the cases, with the centering opening extending parallel to the driving shaft of the leading assembly and the driven shaft of the trailing assembly and defining a longitudinal axis which lies in a common plane with the driving shaft of the leading assembly and the driven shaft of the trailing assembly.