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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Brian J. Hanson, Rockford, IL (US);
Alan D. Hanson, Winnebago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/16 (2006.01); G01L 1/00 (2006.01); G01L 3/14 (2006.01); H01R 39/08 (2006.01); G01M 15/14 (2006.01); G01M 13/02 (2006.01); G01M 99/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 3/1492 (2013.01); G01M 13/025 (2013.01); G01M 15/14 (2013.01); G01M 99/004 (2013.01); H01R 39/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A slip ring has a rotating portion configured to take in signals from rotating electric transmission elements, and communicate those signals into a static portion. The rotating portion has a plurality of resistors which rotate. The resistors have an outer peripheral surface, and a containment ring surrounding the outer peripheral surface of the plurality of resistors. A method of testing a rotating component is also disclosed.