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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Regal Beloit America, Inc., Beloit, WI (US);
Inventor:
Gerald R. Muehlbauer, Rib Mountain, WI (US);
Assignee:
REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC., Beloit, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 11/00 (2006.01); H02K 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 11/0089 (2013.01); H02K 11/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, a grounding device for an electric machine having a rotatable shaft is provided. The grounding device includes a wire core having a first end and a second end, and a plurality of conductive fibers coupled to the wire core and extending therefrom. The wire core is configured to couple to the electric machine with at least a portion of the plurality of conductive fibers contacting the shaft such that an electrostatic charge on the shaft is directed through the grounding device to ground.