COMMUTATOR AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

摘要

A commutator for use with a DC motor or a DC generator. The parent metal of the segments of the commutator is formed with bulging portions which have their outer surfaces generally coextending with the outer surfaces of protecting portions for contacting brushes. This commutator is manufactured by forming a cylinder of a plate of a conductive material, by forming a plurality of pawls on the circumference of the cylinder, by molding a boss of a synthetic resin in the cylinder, by forming a plurality of notches in one end of the cylinder, and by cutting the trunk of the cylinder with a plurality of slits to form a plurality of separate segments.