COMBINED INSULATOR AND CONDUCTOR ASSEMBLY FOR BEARINGS WITH PRONG-LOCKED CONDUCTOR

• Main Authors: PAUL FELICIANO, MATHIEU HUBERT, GENE A KOVACS, COLLIN SNYDER, BERRUET NICOLAS, TOMMY JULLIEN, ANTHONY SIMONIN, DAVID CHRISTOPHER RYBSKI, THOMAS PERROTIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 13.12.2021
• Subjects: BEARINGS; BLASTING; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; SHAFTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

To provide a grounding device for preventing electrical current or charge from passing through a bearing.SOLUTION: A combined insulator and conductor assembly is provided for a bearing disposable between a shaft and a housing, and includes an annular insulator disposable around an outer ring of the bearing. The insulator is configured to prevent a flow of electrical current between the outer ring and the housing, and includes one or more axially extending mounting tab. The electric conductor includes an outer radial end, an inner radial end, and at least one retainer. The at least one retainer can engage with at least one mounting tab so as to connect the conductor to the insulator in a releasable manner. Each retainer includes a prong engageable with the individual tab and extending radially. A part of the conductor between the outer radial end or/and outer end and the inner end of the conductor is conductively engageable with the housing. The inner radial end of the conductor is conductively engageable with the shaft so as to provide a conductive passage between the shaft and the housing.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】電流または電荷が軸受を通過するのを防ぐための接地装置を提供する。【解決手段】絶縁体と導体の組み合わせアセンブリは、シャフトとハウジングの間に配置可能な軸受用であり、軸受の外側リングの周りに配置可能な環状の絶縁体を含む。絶縁体は、外側リングとハウジングの間の電流の流れを防ぐように構成され、１つまたは複数の軸方向の取り付けタブを含む。電気導体は、外側半径方向端部、内側半径方向端部、および少なくとも１つのリテーナを有し、少なくとも１つのリテーナは、導体を絶縁体と解放可能に結合するために少なくとも１つの取り付けタブと係合可能である。各リテーナは、個別のタブと係合可能な半径方向に延びるプロングを含む。導体の外側半径方向端部または／および外側端と内側端との間の導体の一部は、ハウジングと導電的に係合可能であり、導体内側半径方向端は、シャフトとハウジングとの間に導電経路を提供するようにシャフトと導電的に係合可能である。【選択図】図４