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Discharge device

US10819195B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 5, 2016
Grant dateOct 27, 2020
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 24, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R39/32
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a discharge device (10) for discharging electro-static charges from a shaft (39), comprising an annular holder (11) and a conductor arrangement (12), said conductor arrangement comprising at least one flexurally elastic conductor (13) arranged on the holder, said conductor being made of a carbon fiber arrangement, each end of the conductor being accommodated in the holder, said conductor arrangement comprising at least two conductor portions (33) extending transversely to a longitudinal shaft axis (32), said conductor portions each comprising a shaft contact portion (34) which together form a contact arrangement for being contacted with two circumferential contact areas of a shaft circumference (35), which are arranged in a shaft contact plane W, in such a manner that the shaft contact portions are arranged tangentially to the shaft circumference upon contact to the shaft circumference.

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