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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2002
Hendrik Gerard Jozef Rutten, Ek Arcen, NL;
Klaas Verzijl, Eh Well, NL;
Océ-Technologies B.V., MA Venlo, NL;
Abstract
A rotation connector, or slip ring, adapted to the transmission of electrical signals from a first device to a second device, which second device is rotatable with respect to the first device, wherein the connector includes a substantially dielectric support member having a longitudinal direction and provided with a first end portion and a second end portion, the surface of the support member being provided with an electrically conductive track extending longitudinally as far as the region of the second end. A self-supporting contact ring with a substantially circular electrically conductive peripheral edge is pushed over said support member and fixed thereto, such that the peripheral edge of the contact ring is in connection with the electrically conductive tracks via an electrically conductive path.