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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Toshio Oike, Shimada, JP;
Kenichi Tanaka, Shimada, JP;
Akio Katou, Shimada, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/32 (2006.01); G01F 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The change in a contact over time is stabilized by lowering intense wear of the contact in the initial sliding stage and imparting stabilized wear characteristics from the initial sliding stage. The contacts () of a sliding body () have flat tops which contact conductive segments () and come into surface contact with the top portions of the conductive segments () when the contacts slidingly contact onto the conductive segments ().