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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Hieyoung W. OH, Bowdoing, ME (US);
Adam H. Willwerth, North Yarmouth, ME (US);
Jeffrey W. Richardson, Otisfield, ME (US);
Inventors:
Hieyoung W. Oh, Bowdoing, ME (US);
Adam H. Willwerth, North Yarmouth, ME (US);
Jeffrey W. Richardson, Otisfield, ME (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05F 3/00 (2006.01); H05F 3/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved grounding brush system for mitigating electrical current on a moving object such as a rotating shaft includes an electrically conductive layer applied to the object and associated with a brush assembly for conducting electrical current from the moving object to ground.