Patent ID: 7811092
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A rotary electrical contact device comprising: a stationary member configured to be coupled to a base; a rotatable member supported for rotation relative to the stationary member, the rotatable member defining a center opening configured to permit the traversing of an individual therethrough; a raceway including a plurality of axially spaced annular contact rings supported by one of the stationary member and the rotatable member; and a blade tower including a plurality of axially spaced blade assemblies and supported by the other of the rotatable member and the stationary member, each blade assembly including a radially extending contact blade in electrical communication with one of the axially spaced annular contact rings of the raceway, wherein the raceway includes a plurality of axially spaced annular insulators, each of the annular insulators including a cavity receiving one of the annular contact rings, and wherein the raceway further includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting brackets coupled to the stationary member, and a plurality of clips coupling the annular insulators to the mounting brackets, and wherein each of the plurality of clips include a pair of opposing arms, and each of the annular insulators include at least one tab lockingly received within the opposing arms.