Brush assembly
AssigneeRatier-Figeac SAS
InventorsPatrick Moles, Jean-Christophe Labascoule, Gilbert Henry
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Abstract
A brush assembly for transmitting electrical power to a rotating component includes one or more electrically conductive brushes, a housing configured to receive the one or more brushes and hold the one or more brushes in alignment with an opposing surface, and one or more brush carriers. Each carrier is configured to receive and clip onto a respective brush such that each of the one or more brushes can be removed from its respective carrier by unclipping the carrier from the brush.
Claims18
A brush assembly for transmitting electrical power to a rotating component, the assembly comprising:
- one or more electrically conductive brushes;
- a housing configured to receive the one or more brushes and hold the one or more brushes in alignment with an opposing surface;
- and
- one or more brush carriers, each configured to receive and clip onto a respective brush such that each of the one or more brushes can be removed from its respective carrier by unclipping the carrier from the brush;
- wherein each brush carrier is configured to slide within the housing, and
- wherein each brush carrier is configured to prevent any contact between the housing and a respective brush as each brush carrier slides within the housing.
A brush assembly for transmitting electrical power to a rotating component, the assembly comprising:
- one or more electrically conductive brushes;
- a housing configured to receive the one or more brushes and hold the one or more brushes in alignment with an opposing surface;
- one or more brush carriers, each configured to receive and clip onto a respective brush such that each of the one or more brushes can be removed from its respective carrier by unclipping the carrier from the brush;
- and
- a locking member configured to prevent movement of the carrier;
- wherein the locking member is movable between a first position in which the locking member prevents movement of the carrier in a direction towards or away from an opposing surface, and a second position in which the locking member does not prevent movement of the carrier towards or away from an opposing surface.
A brush assembly for transmitting electrical power to a rotating component, the assembly comprising:
- one or more electrically conductive brushes;
- a housing configured to receive the one or more brushes and hold the one or more brushes in alignment with an opposing surface;
- and
- one or more brush carriers, each configured to receive and clip onto a respective brush such that each of the one or more brushes can be removed from its respective carrier by unclipping the carrier from the brush;
- wherein one of the carriers and brushes comprise one or more projections, and the other of the carriers and brushes comprise one or more recesses, wherein the projections and recesses are paired with each other such that as the carrier clips onto the brush, each projection mates with a respective recess to substantially prevent movement of each brush relative to a respective carrier;
- wherein each of the one or more brushes comprises upper and lower surfaces for electrical contact with an opposing conductor, with recesses located a distance along its length between the upper and lower contact surfaces in such a manner that one of the upper or lower contact surfaces could be used as a first contact surface, then the brush inverted after a period of operation and the other of the upper or lower contact surfaces used as a second, different contact surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.