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US 8,986,053 B2Granted
Slip ring brush and holder for slip ring brush
AssigneeSchleifring und Apparatebau GmbH
InventorsMatthias Hermann, Christian Holzapfel, Peter Heinbuch
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Abstract
A slip ring brush includes a holding device made of two U-shaped holding plates inserted into each other. A holding plate includes clamping fingers which, disposed opposite of one another in pairs, form cavities that accommodate brush wires. The brush wires are tightly clamped inside these cavities by clamping fingers and are secured by additional clamping sleeves.
Claims12
A slip ring brush, comprising
- a holding device including
- a first holding plate with at least one first clamping finger attached thereto at a proximal end of the at least one first clamping finger and
- a second holding plate with at least one second clamping finger attached thereto at a proximal end of the at least one second clamping finger,
- wherein the first and second holding plates are shaped such as to enable resting of these plates on each other in a predetermined area when the first and second holding plates are brought together, and
- wherein, when the first and second plate rest on one another in the predetermined area, the at least one first clamping finger is disposed along and opposite to the at least one second holding finger to form at least one cavity therebetween, the at least one cavity being dimensioned to accommodate the at least one brush wire therein;
- at least one brush wire held by the holding device in the at least one cavity;
- and
- at least one clamping sleeve disposed over the at least one first clamping finger and the at least one second clamping finger to secure the at least one brush wire in the at least one cavity.
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A slip ring brush with at least one brush wire that is held by a holding device, characterized in that
- the holding device of said slip ring brush includes a holding plate connected to at least one first crimping finger with at least one brush wire being crimped onto said at least one first crimping finger,
- wherein the holding plate includes
- at least one hole dimensioned to accommodate a fastener therethrough, the fastener enabling affixation of the holding device and
- electrical contact with the at least one brush wire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.