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US 2013/0154448 A1Published application
Electrical machine for a motor vehicle
OwnerMatthias Schickinventor
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Abstract
An electrical machine, e.g., a starter motor for a motor vehicle, includes at least one carbon brush for producing an electrical sliding contact with a commutator, and a displacement sensor for detecting wear of the carbon brush.
Claims16
An electrical machine configured as a starter motor for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- at least one carbon brush producing an electrical sliding contact with a commutator;
- and
- a displacement sensor detecting wear of the carbon brush.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.