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US 4,399,383 AGranted
Gasoline resistant commutator
AssigneeMitsuba Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorAkira Kamiyama
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a commutator which is always exposed to gasoline in a motor to drive, for example, a fuel pump of an automobile or the like and the method of efficiently producing the commutator. A good conductive sheet, the wear of which is not promoted by oxidized gasoline, is fixed to the surface of each commutator segment made of copper or copper alloy at least at the part to contact a brush.
Claims14
A commutator submergeable in gasoline during use and comprising:
- a cylinder of an insulating material;
- a plurality of copper segments fixed to the peripheral surface of said cylinder extending in the direction parallel with the center axis of said cylinder and arranged spaced apart from one another along the peripheral surface of said cylinder, each of said segments including a riser-forming projection which extends outwardly of said cylinder and a claw-forming projection which is at least partially embedded in said cylinder;
- a brush-contact sheet of a first gasoline-resistant material provided on each of said segments;
- and
- a cover layer of a second gasoline-resistant material provided to cover the exposed surface of each of said segments where not covered by said brush-contact sheet.
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A commutator submergeable in gasoline during use and comprising:
- a disk of an insulating material, said disk being provided with a center hole;
- a plurality of copper segments disposed on one side surface of said disk and arranged to extend radially from the center of said disk, each of said segments comprising a riser-forming projection which extends in a direction opposite to the surface where said segments are disposed and a claw-forming projection which is at least partially embedded in said disk;
- a brush-contact sheet of a first gasoline-resistant material provided on each of said segments;
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- a cover layer of a second gasoline-resistant material provided to cover the exposed surface of each of said segments where not covered by said brush-contact sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.