US 12,300,950 B2 · Internally sprung shunt

Abstract

A shunt for a charging contact assembly may include an elongate elastic support substrate and a conductor disposed of the elongate elastic support substrate for transferring electrical current. A charging contact assembly may include a connector to connect to a source of electrical energy for receiving electrical current and a brush coupled with the connector for contacting a conducting surface to transfer the electrical current. The charging contact assembly may also include a shunt fixedly connected to the connector and the brush for transferring the electrical current from the connector to the brush, where the shunt includes an elongate arcuate elastic support substrate fixedly connected to the connector and the brush, and a conductor disposed of the elongate arcuate elastic support substrate and extending between the connector and the brush.

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Dependent claims

A charging contact assembly comprising:

a connector to connect to a source of electrical energy for receiving electrical current;
a brush coupled with the connector for contacting a conducting surface to transfer the electrical current from the source of electrical energy through the connector and the brush to the conducting surface;
and
a shunt fixedly connected to the connector and the brush for transferring the electrical current from the connector to the brush, the shunt including
a sprung elongate arcuate elastic support substrate having a first end and a second end, the first end fixedly connected to the connector and the second end fixedly connected to the brush, and
an exposed mesh conductor disposed around the sprung elongate arcuate elastic support substrate and extending between the connector and the brush for transferring the electrical current from the connector to the brush.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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