Bearing seal with integrated grounding brush

A rolling bearing assembly with electrical discharge damage protection, comprising:

• radially inner and outer bearing rings, the radially inner bearing ring including a radially inner race and the radially outer bearing ring including a radially outer race;
• a plurality of rolling elements supported to roll on the radially inner race of the radially inner bearing ring and the radially outer race of the radially outer bearing ring;
• a seal extending radially between the radially outer bearing ring and the radially inner bearing ring, the seal including a fixed seal end that is fixed to one of the radially inner or outer bearing rings and a flexible sealing lip that contacts the other one of the radially inner or outer bearing rings;
• at least one electrically conductive ring including a first ring end that contacts the one of the radially inner or outer bearing rings at the fixed seal end, the seal is integrally connected to the at least one electrically conductive ring;
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• electrically conductive brush filaments fixed to the at least one electrically conductive ring, the brush filaments contact the other one of the radially inner or outer bearing rings opposite from the fixed seal end, wherein the at least one electrically conductive ring comprises two electrically conductive rings, with one of the two electrically conductive rings being located on each axial side of the brush filaments.