Part Comprising Vehicle Wheel Patents (Class 439/16)
  • Patent number: 11139625
    Abstract: A discharge device for discharging electric currents from a rotor part of a machine, in particular a rotor part with a shaft, into a stator part, the discharge device having a contact element, a support and a spring mechanism, the support being connectable to a stator part in an electrically conductive manner, the contact element being predominantly made of carbon, the contact element being accommodated on the support in an axially movable manner and connected to it in an electrically conductive manner, a contact force applicable to the contact element by the spring mechanism so as to establish an electrically conductive sliding contact between a sliding contact surface of the contact element to establish the sliding contact, and an axial shaft contact surface of the shaft, wherein the contact element is disk-shaped, the sliding contact surface being at least annular and disposable coaxially relative to the shaft contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SCHUNK CARBON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Florian Huber
  • Patent number: 8851901
    Abstract: A rotary connector device includes a stator and a rotator, which relatively rotate with respect to each other. An accommodating space for accommodating cables for electrically connecting the rotator and the stator in a state wound in a circle is formed inside the stator and the rotator is formed. A guide protruding piece which protrudes toward the accommodating space above the cables wound in a circle and which guides the cables from above is formed on an upper portion of an outer peripheral tube portion provided in the stator. A lower surface of the guide protruding piece is formed into a shape which is deformed upward gradually toward a tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignees: Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc., Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Hiroki
  • Publication number: 20130252442
    Abstract: A fixed-side ring plate rotation regulation section is provided at an outer circumferential edge of a fixed-side ring plate, and an outer cylinder rotation regulation section is provided at an outer circumferential edge of an outer cylinder at a position corresponding to the fixed-side ring plate rotation regulation section. The fixed-side ring plate and the outer cylinder formed of different members from each other are fit to each other such that the fixed-side ring plate rotation regulation section and the outer cylinder rotation regulation section are in contact with each other so as not to rotate about a rotation axis thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicants: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuji Hirai
  • Publication number: 20110182080
    Abstract: An illuminated vehicle wheel assembly having arrays of illuminated electrical elements such as light emitting diodes, which are powered by the vehicle power systems by way of a slip ring assembly associated with the bearing or bearing seal of the vehicle wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventor: William M. Michelotti
  • Patent number: 7048546
    Abstract: A bicycle hub dynamo assembly is configured with a hub and a releasable electrical connector. The hub has a generator mechanism housed in a hub shell that generates electricity by rotation of the hub shell relative to a hub axle. The generator mechanism includes a first electrical connector with first electrical contacts. The releasable electrical connector includes mating electrical contacts configured to mate with the electrical contacts of the electrical connector that is fixed to the hub axle. The releasable electrical connector includes an inner housing part and an outer housing part with a fixing portion of the second electrical contacts retained between the inner and outer housing parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Takahiro Endo
  • Patent number: 6548003
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a housing (1) for an electrical connection system between parts that can be rotated with respect to each other, in particular between a steering wheel and a steering column, comprising a stationary housing part (3) and a housing part (4) which can be rotated relative with respect thereto, each of housing parts supporting a connector unit (10) and enclosing a spirally wound flexible electrical conductor (6) connected on its ends with connector units (10). The internal axial boundary surfaces (8) of the housing parts (3, 4) are provided with an insulating material (9). The insulating material (9) is a plastic material exhibiting sound-absorbing properties and is extrusion-coated on the internal axial boundary surfaces (8) of the plastic injection-molded housing parts (3, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerd Rudolph, Klaus Stute
  • Patent number: 6315574
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the real-time, in-line testing of semiconductor wafers during the manufacturing process. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a probe assembly within a semiconductor wafer processing line. As each wafer passes adjacent the probe assembly, a source of modulated light, within the probe assembly, having a predetermined wavelength and frequency of modulation, impinges upon the wafer. A sensor in the probe assembly measures the surface photovoltage induced by the modulated light. A computer then uses the induced surface photovoltage to determine various electrical characteristics of the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: QC Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Emil Kamieniecki, Jerzy Ruzyllo
  • Patent number: 6286638
    Abstract: An ABS sensor bracket made up of two mounting wing plates engaged to a sensor receiver. The sensor receiver is generally cylindrical and is mounted between the wing plates such that the sensor receiver is asymmetric axially relative to the caliper anchor plate. When viewed from the side, there is a shorter end of the sensor receiver jutting out a shorter distance from the wing plates than an opposite longer end of the sensor receiver. In one embodiment, a first end of the sensor receiver has an outer diameter circumference greater than that of the opposite second end. The caliper anchor plate has an outer edge slot for mounting of the ABS sensor brackets. The outer edge slots are generally ‘U’ or ‘V’ shaped. There are mounting holes in the outer radial areas bordering the outer edge slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: International Truck and Engine Corporation
    Inventors: Richard R. Rowan, Jon H. Mann, Thasin A. Sayeed
  • Patent number: 5924871
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lightweight grounding contact for the transfer of currents between fixed vehicle elements of a rail vehicle and its rotating wheel axle, consisting of a plurality of contact elements (12), acted upon by a pressure in the direction toward the wheel axle, which element rests on a contact surface which originates at the wheel axle and is made of a carbon material. To achieve an always flat resting of the contact element on the contact surface, at least one contact element (12) is acted upon by pressure with a device (22) filled with a fluid (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Schunk Metall und Kunststoff GmbH
    Inventor: Bertram Menz
  • Patent number: 5530630
    Abstract: An apparatus for lighting a wheel rotatably mounted on a frame of a vehicle includes a source of current mounted on the frame of the vehicle, a commutator mounted to the wheel for rotation therewith, at least one light bulb connected to the commutator and secured for rotation therewith, a brush electrically connected to the source of current and mounted to the frame adjacent the commutator. The brush has a contact portion for contacting the commutator to provide a flow of current from the battery to the commutator so as to power the light bulb. The apparatus is adaptable to car, motorcycle and semi-truck wheels, whether the wheels are mounted as singles or as duals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Inventor: Harry L. Williams, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5125845
    Abstract: An electrical connection, preferably for ALS sensors incorporated in wheel bearings, is installed coaxially on the wheel bearing and its side surface. It is equipped, for example, with slip rings which operate in conjunction with the electrical contacts of the ALS sensor which is solidly attached to the wheel bearing. This simplifies the manufacture and handling of the wheel bearing during transportation and assembly. In particular, the risk of damage to the connecting cord is reduced during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: SKF GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Benktander, Heinz Kiener, Jurgen Kober
  • Patent number: 5122673
    Abstract: An electrical brush contact apparatus for conveying electrical power from a vehicle power source to the wheels of vehicles having dual-tandem pairs of wheels includes a brush ring positioned at the juncture between the inner and outer rims of the front pair of dual-tandem vehicle wheels and the inner and outer rims of the rear pair of dual-tandem vehicle wheels. Each of the brush rings is electrically insulated from the rims with which it is associated by a flat insulating member or an insulating extrusion. Each pair of insulating extrusions and brush ring are coupled for rotation in concert with the wheels of the vehicle. Front and rear support members having idler pulleys thereon are suspended between the inner and outer pair of dual wheels and between the front and rear pair of tandem wheels. A belt, coupled between each one of the brush rings and an adjacent one of the idler pulleys, is driven by the brush ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Inventor: Russell E. Scott
  • Patent number: 5069624
    Abstract: A contact arrangement for interrogating the data and counting values of a wheel revolution counter. The contact arrangement is accessible from the outside at an otherwise hermetically closed housing. The wheel revolution counter is conventionally fastened at a wheel hub of a vehicle in a cantilevering manner. The contact arrangement comprises a contact plate which is fastened axially in the front housing wall together with an insulating bush having a collar serving as a spacer. An adhesive layer fills the gap between the contact plate and the housing. This adhesive layer extends out on the outer surface of the housing and separates the outer surface of the contact plate and the end face of the housing with an insulating layer covering a large surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Mannesmann Kienzle GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz-Josef Hautvast, Jurgen Adams, Isa Sieber
  • Patent number: 5024307
    Abstract: A free wheel hub system comprises a free wheel hub mechanism disposed between a drive shaft and an axle hub supported by a spindle, an electric motor mounted on a hub body accommodating the free wheel hub mechanism, a brush case mounted on the hub body and accommodating bushes connected to the electric motor, and slip-rings mounted on the spindle and contacting the bushes. The brush case is fixed to the hub body before the hub body is attached to the axle hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideaki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 4881153
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting system for vehicle wheels and comprises a disk assembly which facilitates the electrical attachment of a rotating light with a stationary electrical power source of a vehicle. Further, the invention includes a mounting system for mounting a disk to the lugs of the vehicle on the inside of the wheel. The disk comprises first and second coaxially mounted electrically conductive rings which remain in continuous electrical contact when rotated relative to each other. The mounting system includes an electrically conductive portion and an insulator portion which electrically separates the mounting assembly from the first and second rings; the electrically conductive portion of the mounting means being used to electrically ground the rotating lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: David Duane Scott
    Inventor: Russell E. Scott
  • Patent number: 4823036
    Abstract: Electrical commutator and brush apparatus for a bicycle lighting system includes a dielectric disc having a conductive layer secured thereto and adapted to be secured to the spokes of a bicycle. Electrical contact with the commutator disc to supply electrical power is made by a spring contact brush secured to the axle of the bicycle wheel. Electrical power is taken from the disc by electrical connectors making contact with integral elements on the outer periphery of the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Inventor: Robert E. Roberts
  • Patent number: 4813878
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transferring current between two contact points which are movable relative to each other. Between the two contact points there is arranged a ribbon cable (10) which is wound in the manner of a spring housing and which is bent at its ends by folding by 90.degree.. Over each of the folded ends of the ribbon cable (10) there is provided a prefabricated L-shaped molding (12) of stable insulating material. The cable ends are so stabilized by the moldings (12) that molding can easily be effected around them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Kabelmetal electro Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventor: Friedrich Schauer