Patent attributes
A slip ring assembly is disclosed allowing significant external weight on either the stationary or rotating sides of the slip ring. Additionally, a slip ring assembly is disclosed allowing multiple small, linear, rolling contacts on each conductive ring of each electrical receiver disk of the slip ring (both the stationary and the rotating electrical receiver disks). Disclosed is an embodiment of a separator plate having a spiraling-out-from-the-center series of holes and in those holes of the separator plate are the small linear rolling, contacts. In one embodiment each spiraling series of holes with small the rolling contacts provides one rolling contact on each electrical conductive ring on each receiver disk. These spiral rings enable a slip ring designer to provide multiple rolling contacts on each circular electrical conduction ring by simply increasing the number or spiraled series of holes.
