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Brush holder for an electric motor

  • US 4,963,779 A
  • Filed: 05/15/1989
  • Issued: 10/16/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A brush holder subassembly for an electric motor, the motor having an axis of rotation and including a motor housing and a plurality of motor elements including at least one field winding and a switch, comprising:

  • an insulator including a body having a through bore and a support element disposed externally of the body; and

    a brush holder of conductive material, including a sleeve portion for slidably receiving a brush, housed in fixed position in the bore of the insulator body, and an integral elongated terminal portion fixedly connected to the sleeve portion, disposed externally of the insulator body and extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the insulator body bore and including a free connecting end for electrical connection to one of the motor elements, and an opposite support end for engaging the support element of the insulator so as to stabilize the disposition of the terminal portion relative to the sleeve portion.

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