Electrical connectors – Interrelated connectors relatively movable during use – Movement about axis
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-20
2007-02-20
Ta, Tho D. (Department: 2833)
Electrical connectors
Interrelated connectors relatively movable during use
Movement about axis
C310S239000, C310S242000, C310S245000, C310S247000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11311576
ABSTRACT:
A dual-nature, uni-constructed device, suitable for conducting electricity between two objects in relative motion, comprises two compatible elements each having a straight section and a sinuous section. The two elements are combined to form a unified whole whereby the two straight sections are mutually servable as a brush component and the two sinuous sections are mutually servable as a spring component. The inventive device is associable with an electrical or electromechanical machine so that, during machine operation, the brush component slidingly contacts a first machine part, the spring component is affixed to a second machine part and exerts a bias against the brush component, and the inventive device conducts electrical current from one machine part to the other machine part. Each element includes an electrically conductive main layer (including one or more wire fabric sheets) and two elastomeric outside layers (on opposite sides of the sinuous section).
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Lynch William A.
Sondergaard Neal A.
Kaiser Howard
Ta Tho D.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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