Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combined insulator and conductor assembly for bearings with adjustable conductor
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Application No.: US17210168Application Date: 2021-03-23
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Publication No.: US11512740B2Publication Date: 2022-11-29
- Inventor: Nicolas Berruet , Paul Feliciano , Mathieu Hubert , Tommy Jullien , Gene Kovacs , Thomas Perrotin , Dave Christopher Rybski , Anthony Simonin , Collin Snyder
- Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
- Current Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: J-Tek Law PLLC
- Agent Scott T. Wakeman; Mark A. Ussai
- Priority: IT102020000007054 20200403
- Main IPC: F16C41/00
- IPC: F16C41/00 ; F16C19/16

Abstract:
A combined electrical insulator and conductor assembly for a bearing disposable between a shaft and a housing includes an annular insulator disposable about the bearing outer ring and configured to prevent electric current flow between the outer ring and the housing and including a plurality of projections extending axially along and spaced circumferentially about a centerline. A conductor includes a conductive disk with an outer radial end engageable with the housing inner surface, an inner radial end defining a central opening for receiving the shaft and openings each receiving a separate one of the plurality of projections of the insulator such that the disk is axially displaceable relative to the insulator. An annular conductive brush subassembly is coupled with the conductive disk and includes a plurality of electrically conductive fibers contactable with the shaft outer surface so as to provide a conductive path between the shaft and the disk.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210310518A1 COMBINED INSULATOR AND CONDUCTOR ASSEMBLY FOR BEARINGS WITH ADJUSTABLE CONDUCTOR Public/Granted day:2021-10-07
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