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Carbon brush with at least one pressed-in stranded copper wire

US6278215A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 2000
Grant dateAug 21, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R39/26
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Carbon brush including at least one pressed-in stranded copper wire arranged as a plait-woven hollow stranded wire, formed from a plurality of copper strands of diameter 0.05 to 0.1 mm, and recrystallized by heat treatment. The hollow stranded wire contains at least one stiffening inner wire having a diameter of 0.1 to 0.5 mm, the diameter of the at least one stiffening inner wire being at least twice the diameter of any of the copper strands.

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