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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1994
Patrick Rondier, Montmagny, FR;
Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur, Creteil, FR;
Abstract
A separate slip ring unit for fitting to an alternator, especially a motor vehicle alternator, has a body of insulating material moulded over electrically conductive elements of the unit. It comprises a first cylindrical body portion with slip rings, a second body portion having elements for electrical connection to the alternator winding, and an intermediate body portion joining the first and second body portions together. The intermediate portion has two branches, including a conductive linking portion embedded in the insulating material. The second body portion comprises a ring of insulating material, made integrally by moulding to a diameter substantially greater than that of the first body portion, and each branch of the intermediate portion comprises a first portion which extends the first body portion, together with a second portion which is divergent radially up to the ring.