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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:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald Burt Kliman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Lembit Salasoo, Schenectady, NY (US);
Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Latham, NY (US);
Konrad Roman Weeber, Rexfor, NY (US);
Melvin George Johnson, Peterborough, CA;
Richard Kenneth Barton, Erie, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H62K 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H62K 1/300 ;
Abstract
An assembly for transferring current comprises at least one electrically conductive slip ring; at least one electrically conductive brush for supplying current to the at least one slip ring; and an electric or pressure actuator driven vibration source for changing the position of the brush with respect to the slip ring. If desired, brush current can shared by using inductance variations or by selective coupling of rotor windings to the slip rings.