Planar carbon segment commutator
US5386167A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 13, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49011
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A planar carbon segment commutator has contact members, with terminals, attached to the front surface of an insulating base member by means of overmoulded carbon segments formed integral with anchor pieces disposed within apertures in the base member. Each aperture has a second part disposed rearwardly of a first part having a smaller cross-section than the second part and the anchor piece disposed within the aperture has a locking portion which fills the second part of the aperture to thereby resist withdrawal of the anchor piece from the aperture. The contact members are embedded in the carbon segments and have holes filled with carbon segment material to increase interlocking between the contact members and the segments.
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