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US 12,609,593 B2Granted
Electric machine with disconnectable brush module, the brush module, and a motor vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorMartin Arbesmeier
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Abstract
An electric machine comprising a rotor having a rotor shaft and a brush module having a brush holder with at least one brush for energizing the rotor, wherein the brush module comprises a shaft journal which can be coupled reversibly mechanically to the rotor shaft of the electric machine and against which the brush lies.
Claims25
An electric machine, comprising:
- a rotor having a rotor shaft;
- and
- a brush module having a brush holder with at least one brush for energizing the rotor,
- wherein the brush module comprises a shaft journal which is coupled reversibly mechanically to the rotor shaft to enable the shaft journal to be selectively uncoupled from the rotor shaft during operation of the electric machine, and wherein the brush lies against the shaft journal.
1 more element
A brush module for an electric machine, comprising:
- a brush holder having at least one brush, wherein the brush module comprises a shaft journal which can be coupled reversibly mechanically to a rotor shaft to enable the shaft journal to be selectively uncoupled from the rotor shaft during operation of the electric machine, and wherein the brush lies against the shaft journal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.