The present invention relates to a novel rotator for a standardized coarse azimuth-pointing system for a balloon-borne platform—either zero pressure or Super Pressure Balloons (SPB)—with a maximum suspended payload of 5,500 lbs. The 5.5K Rotator novel shaft design, bearings, motor, and housing, result in a weight of the rotator being decreased by 33% from existing legacy rotators. The present invention achieved a 24% parts reduction from existing legacy rotators, and has the advantages of lighter weight, reusability, cost-effectiveness, machinability, and ease of assembly.

Power plant having generator with stator and rotor rotating in opposite directions and comprising rotor generator linear gear and stator generator linear gear positioned in opposite directions to one another relatively to generator axis consisting of rotor shaft and stator shaft, rotor generator impeller and stator generator impeller in contact with rotor generator linear gear and stator generator linear gear, and have rotational motion in opposite directions, at least one carrying motor allowing lifting the mechanism up by motor linear gear, sensor groups detecting location of the mechanism, battery and/or power supply and/or electricity grid providing electrical energy for the system, brush-slip ring system and mechanism phase output for drawing out electricity generated in said generator, a control unit controlling accelerating, decelerating and stopping actions of said mechanism of which location is detected by mechanism phase output and sensor groups and carrying motor and motor drive circuit preforming said actions.

A shaft includes a bushing for a current conductor, and a holder for positioning the current conductor. The holder secures the current conductor in or over an inflection point of a curve of the current conductor.

A holding apparatus for a slip ring unit includes at least two slots configured for receiving slip ring brushes respectively, with the at least two slots being arranged in spaced-apart relationship. A cooling duct is arranged between the at least two slots for cooling a side surface of the slip ring brushes. The cooling duct is configured as a third slot between the at least two slots, with the at least two slots and the cooling duct being of essentially identical shape and dimension.

The present disclosure provides a brushed direct-current slip ring motor comprising: a commutator-armature system secured to a stationary shaft of a motor base, the commutator-armature system comprising: commutator segments connected via wires, teeth in a circular orientation forming slots, and commutator leads connected to the commutator segments and secured to the wires; a top slip ring above the commutator segments; a bottom slip ring below the commutator segments, a rotor configured to axially rotate responsive to an electromagnetic field produced from the commutator-armature system comprising: a plurality of magnets configured to axially rotate with the rotational shaft; a first brush system in contact with one or more of the commutator segments, the first brush system being configured to axially rotate with the rotor; and a second brush system in contact with one or more of the commutator segments, the second brush system being configured to axially rotate with the rotor.

A capacitive coupler provides high coupling capacitance through the use of an electrical double layer formed on opposite plates of the coupler. The coupler can be independent or provide a hydrodynamic or hydrostatic bearing as well as capacitive coupling and the circulated dielectric can provide for cooling of associated machinery.

Provided is a two axis test fixture, which can include systems and associated methods. Some methods described also include implementing and/or controlling a two-axis test fixture. Systems and computer program products are also provided. A test fixture is used to test, calibrate, or validate an IMU. The test fixture is operable to rotate a device under test (e.g., IMU) along two axes while mounted to a turntable. The rotation of the turntable is enabled via multiple slip rings, rotational bearings, and standoff fixtures. Testing of the device along greater than two axes is achieved through rotation of the device under test on the turntable, and revolutions of the device under test about an axle.

The present disclosure relates to a smart generator and, more particularly, to a smart generator in which two stators are used for a single rotor, the gap between an N-pole and an S-pole of the first and second stators is decreased, and a load that is an interference electromagnetic force affecting a rotor wire is minimized, whereby more power can be generated from a less force.

A rotor including a rotor shaft, a rotor body formed of a stack of laminations, a field coil wound around the rotor body, and at least one slip ring mounted on the rotor shaft and configured to exchange electric power with an external power supply. Each of the at least one slip ring is configured to be electrically connected to an end of the field coil through an electrical connector. The electrical connector is pre-bended such that to comprise an axial portion and a radial portion respectively located on both sides of a bend, the axial portion being configured to pass through an axial bore of the rotor shaft, the radial portion being configured to pass through a through bore of the rotor shaft.

A rotating device and a rotating radar device. The rotating device comprises a fixed platform and a rotating platform; the top of the fixed platform and the bottom of the rotating platform are rotatably connected by a rotating shaft, a first bearing, and a second bearing; the rotating shaft is connected to the inner ring; the fixed platform includes a carbon brush and a first magnetic member; the rotating platform includes a second magnetic member and a rotor conductive ring; an outer ring of the first bearing is connected to the fixed platform; an inner ring of the second bearing is connected to the fixed platform, and an outer ring of the second bearing is connected to the rotating platform.