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Contact assembly

US4626637A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 13, 1985
Grant dateDec 2, 1986
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H19/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contact assembly for a rotary switching unit incorporated in a vehicle suspension unit in which a pair of stamped and formed metal terminals are moulded in a plastics stator block of a stator with contact portions precisely flush with a contact face of the block and wire-connecting portions with wire-receiving slots protruding radially from the side of the block in alignment with wire-confining grooves formed in the block periphery. A rotor comprises a plastics disc heat staked to a support plate and carrying a brush arranged to wipe around the contact face of the block and make electrical contact with the flush contact portions.

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