In one aspect, disclosed herein is a simple, robust, and redundant slip ring for transferring electrical signals over a rotary joint. One embodiment comprises light guides configured to blend light from multiple light emitters and guide the blended light towards an array of light receivers—the slip ring is configured to transfer data across the rotating joint even when a receiver or emitter has failed.
Optical Slip Ring
2024-06-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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