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Tris Inc.

Kenzo Kiyose

Yoshio Ebihara

Motoya Ito

Youichi Murakami

Yoichi Sakaura

Makoto Nishio

Shinya Nakagawa

Kiyotoshi Oi

Yoshitsugu Sakamoto

Keiichi Yamashita

Kyoji Inukai

Satoshi Sugiyama

Keizo Takeuchi

Mitsuo Ikeda

Mutsumi Yoshino

Tatsuya Matsumoto

Ryoichi Honbo

Hirotake Hamamatsu

Takashi Fukutsuka

Yusuke Hara

Noboru Yoshikawa

Yuya Nishino

Tokio Hotta

Syouichi Takenouchi

Masahiro Takahama

Yoshihiro Teramoto

Kenichi Matsumoto

Etsuo Kokuryu

Sinya Nakagawa

Makoto Nisio

A segment of a carbon commutator includes a carbon layer on a surface side and a metallic carbon layer on a bottom side, and the carbon layer and the metallic carbon layer both contain a thermoplastic resin binder.

Carbon commutator and a method for production thereof

In a commutator of a rotary electric machine, each of commutator segments has a low-resistive layer made of a low-resistive material and a high-resistive layer made of a high-resistive material having a specific resistance higher than that of the low-resistive material. The low-resistive material contains a carbonic material and a binder. The high-resistive material contains a carbonic material, a binder and an inorganic substance such as boron nitride. A mixing ratio of the inorganic material to the high-resistive material is more than 20 wt %. Alternatively, a brush, which makes contact with the commutator segments, can have the high-resistive layer and the low-resistive layer.

Brush, commutator, and commutator device

A plane commutator is comprised of a plurality of commutator segments, a plurality of base plate and a resinous boss member. The commutators are made of sintered carbon compound and disposed to provide a plane commutator surface at an end thereof and a base portion at the other end. Each commutator segment has a projection extending from the base portion. The resinous boss member is disposed in contact with the base portion. Each base plate has an engagement hole, to which one of the projections is fitted, and a terminal portion that extends along an outer periphery of the boss member. A powder-accommodation pocket is formed around a foot of each the projection so that the projection can be shaved by a corner edge of the hole. This ensures good contact of the commutators with the metal base plates and provides a sufficient manufacturing tolerance.

Plane commutator of motor having a base made of conductive powder

A sulfidation-resistant current-carrying member, such as a commutator, suitable for a direct-current motor in a fuel pump is provided. The current-carrying member for a direct-current motor in a fuel pump includes a commutator composed of a carbon layer having carbon as a principal component and forming a sliding surface at one end, and a metal carbon layer fixedly bound with the carbon layer at the other end and comprising 55 to 90 wt % of metal having brass as a principal component and a remaining portion having carbon as a principal component. By using brass as a primary metal component in the metal carbon layer, it is possible to achieve a commutator with superior resistance to sulfidation.

Current-carrying member for a direct-current motor in a fuel pump, method for producing the same, and fuel pump

A plane commutator includes a plurality of commutator segments made of carbon compound, a resinous boss member and a plurality of metal base plates. The plurality of the commutator segments forms a disk-like commutator surface at an end thereof and a base portion at the other end. The resinous base member is disposed in contact with the base portion to support the plurality of commutator segments. Each commutator segment has a projection extending from the base portion, and each base plate has an expansible through hole fitted to the projection. Each projection includes metal powder at portion in contact with the through hole to provide good electrical connection.

Plane commutator with metal base plate and carbon compound segments having projections

A plane commutator includes a plurality of commutator segments made of carbon compound, a resinous boss member having a body portion supporting a base portion of the commutator segments and an outer peripheral portion supporting an outer periphery of the same and a plurality of metal base plates. Each metal base plate has a contact portion in contact with the base portion of the commutator segment, an axial portion extending along a peripheral portion of the boss member and a terminal portion. The axial portion of the metal base plates is disposed on an outer periphery of the plane commutator in parallel with the outer peripheral portions of the boss member to separate the outer peripheral portion from the body portion. The outer peripheral portion moves freely from the body portion as the metal base plates thermally expand.

Plane commutator and method of manufacturing the same

A commutator is composed of a contact unit, a base member made of insulation material and a terminal unit. The contact unit has a flat brush-contact surface and a connection surface opposite the brush contact surface. The contact unit also has a plurality of commutator segments. The terminal unit has a plurality of conductive terminal members. The base member supports the commutator segments. The commutator also has an electrical connection structure having a set of a convex member and a concave member and a plurality of connection members disposed between the convex member and the concave member to connect the plurality of the commutator segments and terminal members respectively.

Commutator and method of manufacturing the same

In a motor for driving a fuel pump, each contact part of a commutator which slidingly contacts brushes is made of a carbon material. The carbon material is a mixture of natural carbon and amorphous carbon so that the contact part has a longer durability. The weight percentage of the amorphous carbon to be mixed is in the range of 5-30, most preferably about 20. The brush may also be made of a mixture of natural carbon and amorphous carbon.

Commutator for motor using amorphous carbon and fuel pump unit using the

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Kenzo Kiyose