Discharge device and method for discharging electrostatic charges
AssigneeSchunk Bahn-und Industrietechnik GmbH
InventorsLothar Theis, Daniel Pfeffer, Frank Burkard
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Abstract
A discharge device for a rolling bearing as well as a method for discharging electrostatic loads to a rolling bearing including a flexurally elastic conductor. The conductor includes a first conductor section and a second conductor section for forming a contact arrangement at a rolling bearing. The first conductor section electrically engages a first bearing ring and the second conductor section electrically engages a second bearing ring of the rolling bearing to form an electrically conductive connection between the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring.
Claims23
A discharge device for a rolling bearing, said discharge device comprising:
- a flexurally elastic conductor including a first conductor section and a second conductor section for forming a contact arrangement at a rolling bearing, said first conductor section being formed for contacting a first bearing ring and said second conductor section being formed for contacting a second bearing ring of the rolling bearing, an electrically conductive connection being formed between the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring by the conductor, wherein the conductor is made of a carbon fiber arrangement, said carbon fiber arrangement of the conductor including a fiber braid, a fiber felt and/or a fiber mat, which is provided with a coating of pyrolytically deposited carbon.
A method for discharging electrostatic charges at a rolling bearing having and a flexurally elastic conductor, said conductor being formed having a first conductor section and a second conductor section, which form a contact arrangement at a rolling bearing, said first conductor section being arranged at a first bearing ring and the second conductor section being arranged at a second bearing ring of the rolling bearing in such a manner that an electrically conductive connection is formed between the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring by the conductor, the conductor being made of a carbon fiber arrangement, said carbon fiber arrangement of the conductor including a fiber braid, a fiber felt and/or a fiber mat, which is provided with a coating of pyrolytically deposited carbon, said method comprising:
- discharging an electrostatic charge through said conductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.