A dual-nature, uni-constructed device, suitable for conducting electricity
between two objects in relative motion, comprises two compatible elements
each having a straight section and a sinuous section. The two elements
are combined to form a unified whole whereby the two straight sections
are mutually servable as a brush component and the two sinuous sections
are mutually servable as a spring component. The inventive device is
associable with an electrical or electromechanical machine so that,
during machine operation, the brush component slidingly contacts a first
machine part, the spring component is affixed to a second machine part
and exerts a bias against the brush component, and the inventive device
conducts electrical current from one machine part to the other machine
part. Each element includes an electrically conductive main layer
(including one or more wire fabric sheets) and two elastomeric outside
layers (on opposite sides of the sinuous section).