|
|
Article: New Jersey Inventor Develops Roll-ring Conductive Wheel
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 10, 2007
CopyrightCopyright © HT Media Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 10 -- Thomas M. Myrick of Warren, N.J., has developed a roll-ring conductive wheel that is used to conduct electricity between the inner and outer races of rotating or moving parts.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The conductive wheel is a thin-walled metal cylinder with a plurality of spokes connecting the outer cylindrical wall to a central hub. The preferred spokes are arcuate and the wheel is made flexible so that it can be compressed to an elliptical shape between the inner and outer conductive races for good electrical contact and to absorb slight deflections or gap variations between the races. The conductive wheel can have other shapes ...