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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bobby D McKee, San Jose, CA (US);
Alvin H Nakagawa, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310239 ; 310227 ; 310 52 ;
Abstract
A current collecting brush box assembly for a homopolar generator wherein the assembly includes a high electrical and thermal conductivity, low weight controlled porosity metallic foam for heat transfer and current conduction purposes as well as for direct contact with the rotor of the homopolar generator.