US3586413A
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Apparatus for providing energy communication between a moving and a stationary terminal
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1969-03-25
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Granted: 1971-06-22
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Expires: 1989-03-25
Abstract
Abstract A rotating platform is supported above a stationary surface by means of a rotating support. The platform and support are driven about their respective axes in the same relative direction at speeds in the ration of two-to-one respectively. A terminal is located on the stationary surface is communication with a second terminal positioned on the rotating platform. An energy-guiding channel such as an electrical conductor is connected between the first and second terminals and is positioned to extend closer to the axis of said rotating support than the rotating support and subsequently up to the rotating platform, around the platform, onto the surface to which the second terminal is connected. The surface of the rotating platform upon which the second terminal is located is positioned remote or away from the stationary surface so that the electrical conductor is forced to follow a path around the outer edge of the platform down to the stationary surface.
Inventors
- 👤 Dale A Adams
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 19:40
CPC Classifications
B; B04; B04B; B04B5/00; B04B5/04; B04B5/0442; G; G02; G02B; G02B17/00; G02B17/02; H; H01; H01R; H01R35/00; H01R35/02; B04B2005/0492
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
231 words
Apparatus for providing energy communication between a moving terminal and a stationary terminal comprising: a rotating platform having an axis of rotation; a rotating support extending from a stationary surface supporting said platform in spacedapart relation to said stationary surface, said axis of rotation passing through said stationary surface, said rotating support having a second axis of rotation; said rotating platform having a far side facing away from said stationary surface and a near side facing said stationary surface; first means fixedly secured to said far side of said rotating platform for receiving or transmitting energy; second means fixedly secured to said stationary surface for receiving or transmitting energy transmitted or received by said first means; a rotating energyguiding channel connected between said first and second means; said energy-guiding channel extending from a point substantially at the axis of rotation of said far side of said rotating platform, out around the pLatform, to a point on said stationary surface which is substantially at the intersection of said axis of rotation of said rotating platform and said stationary surface, the axis of rotation of said energy-guiding channel being coaxial with said axis of rotation of the rotating platform; means for rotating said platform and said energyguiding channel in the same direction coaxially about the axis of rotation of said rotating platform and relative to each other in the ratio of two-to-one respectively.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
231 words
Apparatus for providing energy communication between a moving terminal and a stationary terminal comprising: a rotating platform having an axis of rotation; a rotating support extending from a stationary surface supporting said platform in spacedapart relation to said stationary surface, said axis of rotation passing through said stationary surface, said rotating support having a second axis of rotation; said rotating platform having a far side facing away from said stationary surface and a near side facing said stationary surface; first means fixedly secured to said far side of said rotating platform for receiving or transmitting energy; second means fixedly secured to said stationary surface for receiving or transmitting energy transmitted or received by said first means; a rotating energyguiding channel connected between said first and second means; said energy-guiding channel extending from a point substantially at the axis of rotation of said far side of said rotating platform, out around the pLatform, to a point on said stationary surface which is substantially at the intersection of said axis of rotation of said rotating platform and said stationary surface, the axis of rotation of said energy-guiding channel being coaxial with said axis of rotation of the rotating platform; means for rotating said platform and said energyguiding channel in the same direction coaxially about the axis of rotation of said rotating platform and relative to each other in the ratio of two-to-one respectively.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The combination set forth in claim 1, wherein said energy-guiding channel comprises an electrical conductor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The combination set forth in claim 1, wherein said energy-guiding channel comprises a light transmission path including light receiving and redirecting elements positioned along said path.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1974-06-21 | 1974-12-21 | 1975-06-22 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1978-06-21 | 1978-12-21 | 1979-06-22 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1982-06-21 | 1982-12-21 | 1983-06-22 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |