Compact brush holder assembly having dynamic loading and improved brush box holder
OwnerRoger Clementeinventor
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Abstract
These and other objects of the present invention are achieved by a brush holder assembly for an electric motor or generator wherein the brush box or holder is arcuate and curved in relationship to a commutator and supports a brush means and a floating constant force spring which allows dynamic movement and control of the brush as it moves towards a commutator.
Claims10
A brush holder assembly for use in a machine in which electricity is to be transferred between a rotatable conductor and an electrically-conducting brush element with an electrical wire extending there from, said electrically conducting brush element biased to make contact with said rotatable conductor, wherein said brush holder assembly is rigidly mounted on a yolk of said machine which comprises:
- a housing member mounted on a yolk, said yolk disposed about a rotatable conductor, said housing formed with a chamber defined by opposing side wall members and upper and lower ends to receive said electrically-conducting brush element, said housing member being arcuate in shape having a curvilinear surface in relationship to said rotatable conductor;
- means for supporting said electrically conducting brush element in said brush holder assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.