US 11,736,145 B2
Graduated frequency response non-contacting slip ring probe
Phil E. Pearson, Jr., Jupiter, FL (US)
Assigned to Moog Inc., East Aurora, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/614,167
Filed by Moog Inc., East Aurora, NY (US)
PCT Filed May 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/034716
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/243182, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/956,471, filed on Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/853,484, filed on May 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0216894 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H01P 1/06 (2006.01); H01P 5/02 (2006.01); H05G 1/08 (2006.01); G02B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 5/0031 (2013.01) [H01P 1/062 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-contacting rotary joint for transmission of electrical signals across a non-contacting interface defined between two relatively-movable members, comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit a signal across a non-contacting interface;
a near-field probe arranged in spaced relation to said transmitter and operatively arranged to receive said signal transmitted across said interface;
said near-field probe having a signal capture area for receiving said signal transmitted across said interface;
said signal capture area comprising a segmented signal receiving strip having a length sized for a desired low frequency signal content of said signal and configured to receive a range of frequency signal content of said signal that includes said desired low frequency signal content of said signal, said segmented signal receiving strip comprising:
a first signal receiving segment having a first frequency response;
a second signal receiving segment having a second frequency response and electrically coupled to said first signal receiving segment;
a third signal receiving segment having a third frequency response and electrically coupled to said first signal receiving segment;
said second frequency response of said second signal receiving segment being less than said first frequency response of said first signal receiving segment; and
said third frequency response of said third signal receiving segment being less than said first frequency response of said first signal receiving segment; and
receiving electronics operatively arranged to receive said range of frequency signal content received by said segmented signal receiving strip via said first signal receiving segment.