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US 8,410,368 B2Granted
Electrical conductor
AssigneeABB Research Ltd.
InventorsSamuel Hartmann, Dominik Truessel
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Abstract
An electrical conductor includes a primary electrical contact, at least one secondary electrical contact, and a connection element. The connection element electrically connects the first and the at least one secondary electrical contacts, and includes at least one plate-like region. Each plate-like region includes at least one deflection component with at least one first and at least one second pivot, wherein the first and second pivots of each deflection means are arranged such that each secondary electrical contact is movable relative to the primary electrical contact in a deflection direction, without creation of a shear force.
Claims21
An electrical conductor comprising:
- a primary electrical contact;
- at least one secondary electrical contact;
- and
- a connection element, which electrically connects the first electrical contact and the at least one secondary electrical contact, the connection element comprising at least one plate-like region, wherein:
- each plate-like region comprises at least one deflection means having at least one first pivot and at least one second pivot;
- the first and second pivots of each deflection means are arranged such that each secondary electrical contact is movable relative to the primary electrical contact in a deflection direction without creation of a shear force;
- at least one current path is formed from the primary electrical contact through the at least one first pivot and the at least one second pivot to the at least one secondary electrical contact;
- and
- the first and the second pivots of each deflection means are arranged on at least one connecting line, which lies substantially perpendicular to the deflection direction;
- wherein each deflection means respectively comprises:
- at least one first section,
- at least one second section, and
- at least one third section, which is arranged between the first section and the at least one second section, and wherein:
- the first section is separated from the third section except for a first joint acting as a first hinge that includes the first pivot;
- the at least one second section is separated from the third section except for a second joint acting as a second hinge that includes the second pivot;
- and
- at least one first current path is formed from the primary electrical contact through the first section, the first joint, the third section, the second joint, and the at least one second section to the secondary electrical contact.
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An electrical conductor comprising:
- a primary electrical contact;
- at least one secondary electrical contact;
- and
- a connection element, which electrically connects the first electrical contact and the at least one secondary electrical contact, the connection element comprising at least one plate-like region, wherein:
- each plate-like region comprises at least one deflection means having at least one first pivot and at least one second pivot;
- the first and second pivots of each deflection means are arranged such that each secondary electrical contact is movable relative to the primary electrical contact in a deflection direction without creation of a shear force;
- at least one current path is formed from the primary electrical contact through the at least one first pivot and the at least one second pivot to the at least one secondary electrical contact;
- the first and the second pivots of each deflection means are arranged on at least one connecting line, which lies substantially perpendicular to the deflection direction;
- each of the at least one plate-like region is arranged in a plane;
- the first and second pivots of each deflection means are arranged such that the primary electrical contact is movable relative to each secondary electrical contact in the deflection direction, which lies within the plane;
- each deflection means respectively comprises:
- at least one first section,
- at least one second section, and
- at least one third section, which is arranged between the first section and the at least one second section, and wherein:
- the first section is separated from the third section except for a first joint acting as a first hinge that includes the first pivot;
- the at least one second section is separated from the third section except for a second joint acting as a second hinge that includes the second pivot;
- and
- at least one current path is formed from the primary electrical contact through the first section, the first joint, the third section, the second joint, and the at least one second section to the secondary electrical contact.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.