US4314172A
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Current transfer brush
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1979-03-14
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Granted: 1982-02-02
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Expires: 1999-03-14
Abstract
Abstract A current transfer brush with several slider members made of stacked arrangement of foils of highly graphitized graphite extending at least approximately perpendicular to the contact surface of the brush. At least one of the two flat sides of at least some of the graphite foils can be provided with a layer of an electrically conductive material.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinrich Diepers
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 05:03
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R39/00; H01R39/02; H01R39/18; H01R39/24; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12431; Y10T428/12438
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A current transfer brush comprising: (a) a flexible slider member formed of a plurality of separate and individual flexible foils of a highly graphitized graphite in a stacked arrangement, at least one of the flat sides of at least some of said foils provided with a layer of electrically conductive material, said foils extending at least approximately perpendicular to the contact surface of the brush; and (b) current supply means to which one end of each of said individual flexible foils facing away from the contact surface of the brush is bonded, said current supply means containing a frame element at said end, said frame element holding together said individual flexible foils, said bonding and said holding existing only at said one end.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
A current transfer brush comprising: (a) a flexible slider member formed of a plurality of separate and individual flexible foils of a highly graphitized graphite in a stacked arrangement, at least one of the flat sides of at least some of said foils provided with a layer of electrically conductive material, said foils extending at least approximately perpendicular to the contact surface of the brush; and (b) current supply means to which one end of each of said individual flexible foils facing away from the contact surface of the brush is bonded, said current supply means containing a frame element at said end, said frame element holding together said individual flexible foils, said bonding and said holding existing only at said one end.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A current transfer therefore brush according to claim 1, wherein said graphite foils have an electric and thermal conductivity higher in the current transfer direction than in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the foils.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A current transfer brush according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the graphite foils is less than 1 mm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A current transfer brush according to claim 3, wherein said thickness is less than 200 μm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A current transfer brush according to claim 1, wherein said graphite foils have different thickness.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A current transfer brush according to claim 1, wherein said layer is selected from the group consisting of copper, silver and a two-component or multi-component alloy with at least one of these materials.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
A current transfer brush according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of said layers of the electrically conductive material applied to the graphite foils is between 0.1 μm and 500 μm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A current transfer brush according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the layers of the electrically conductive material applied to different graphite foils is different.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A current transfer brush according to claim 1, wherein the two flat sides of said graphite foils are coated with different electrically conductive materials.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
A current transfer brush according to claim 1, and further including a protective layer on the layers of the electrically conductive material.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
A current transfer brush according to claim 10, wherein said protective layer is of a material selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel and chromium.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
A current transfer brush according to claim 1, wherein at least some of the graphite foils are provided with a layer of high melting point material.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
39 words
A current transfer brush according to claim 1, wherein the flat sides of the graphite foils are arranged in planes perpendicular to the axis of rotation of a rotating contact member which the brush slider member is sliding on.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
A current transfer brush according to claim 1 wherein at least one flat side of all of said graphite foils is provided with a layer of an electrically conductive material.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
40 words
A current transfer brush according to claim 1 wherein said current supply means comprise a current feed lead terminating in a contact plate and conductive adhesive bonding and establishing contact of said coated graphite foils with said current feed lead.
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