Grounding brush assembly
AssigneeAktiebolaget Skf
InventorsBenoit Arnault, Emmanuel Benevise, Thomas Perrotin
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Abstract
A grounding brush assembly includes a grounding brush provided with a plurality of conductive fibers and a support inside of which the conductive fibers are fitted. A brush fitting plate is connected with the support of the brush, the fitting plate including a radial portion supported axially against the support of the brush and a plurality of retention tongues for axial retention of the support. The fitting plate also includes a plurality of axial centering portions each extending from the radial portion and spaced circumferentially apart. The centering portions are supported radially against the support of the brush, each retention tongue being located circumferentially between two successive axial centering portions.
Claims7
A grounding brush assembly comprising:
- a grounding brush including a support and a plurality of conductive fibers within the support;
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- a brush fitting plate connected with the support of the brush, the fitting plate including a radial portion supported axially against the support of the brush, a plurality of retention tongues configured to axially retain the support and a plurality of axial centering portions extending from the radial portion and being configured to radially center the support of the brush, the plurality of axial centering portions being spaced circumferentially apart and supported radially against the support of the brush, each retention tongue being disposed circumferentially between two successive axial centering portions;
- wherein the brush fitting plate further includes a fitting portion for fitting and centering the fitting plate within a bore of a housing, the fitting portion being offset radially outwardly relative to the axial centering portions and to the retention tongues so as to radially overlap at least the axial centering portions, the fitting portion having an exterior surface defining the outer diameter of the fitting plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.