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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2006
Applicants:
Yoshinobu Goto, Nagoya, JP;
Hideyoshi Tsuruta, Tokai, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshinobu Goto, Nagoya, JP;
Hideyoshi Tsuruta, Tokai, JP;
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/16 (2006.01); C23C 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power-supplying member comprises: a first rod-shaped member connected to power-supplied object; a second rod-shaped member connected to power supply; and a thermal-expansion absorbing member, which is disposed between the first rod-shaped member and the second rod-shaped member, and which shrinks in a longitudinal direction in response to changes in shape of the first rod-shaped member and the second rod-shaped member in the longitudinal direction due to thermal expansion.