Brush holder for a commutating electric machine

• US 5,162,688 A
• Filed: 07/30/1991
• Issued: 11/10/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Automobiles Citroen (Stellantis NV), Automobiles Peugeot (Stellantis NV)
• Original Assignee: Automobiles Citroen (Stellantis NV), Automobiles Peugeot (Stellantis NV)
• Inventors: Bouton, Joel
• Primary Examiner(s): SKUDY, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US07/737,713
• Time in Patent Office: 469 Days
• Field of Search: 310/239, 310/241, 310/242, 310/245, 310/247, 310/43, 310/248, 310/42, 310/71, 310/201
• US Class Current: 310/239
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 39/38 Brush holders
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 5/148 Slidably supported brushes

Abstract

A brush holder device for a commutating electric machine including a ring (7) integral with the stator, brush holders (6) fastened in a mounting position on the ring and connected electrically in pairs by conductors (101, 102) the ring being located perpendicularly to an axis of rotation (X--X'"'"') of a rotor (1) of the motor (M), a part whereof projects through a center opening of the ring (7). Each brush holder includes a recess located facing the periphery of the projecting part of the rotor (1) a commutator brush (5) is mounted in the recess so as to establish an electrical contact between the rotor and the stator. The brush holders (6 ) and the conductors (101, 102) form an integral part of the ring (7) made of a thermally stable insulating material. The brush holders (6, 6'"'"') and the conductors (101, 102) are fastened in their assembly position by being molded into an insulating and thermally stable material forming the ring. The invention is applicable to the production of commutating electric machines, such as electric motors of any type.

Claims

1. A brush holder device for a commutating electrical machine, said device including

electrical conductors in the form of segments, have an essentially square cross section and extend in a circular arc in a plane essentially parallel to the plane perpendicular to an axis of rotation of a rotor,

a ring capable of being in fixed relation with a stator, and capable of being located in a plane perpendicular to an axis of rotation of a rotor, a part of said rotor projecting through a center opening of the ring, and

brush holders fastened to the ring and connected electrically in pairs by said electrical conductors,

each brush holder comprising a recess located relative to a periphery of the projecting part of the rotor and in which a commutator brush is mounted so as to establish an electrical contact between the rotor and the stator,

wherein the brush holders and the conductors are integral parts of said ring, said ring being made of a thermally stable insulating material, the brush holders and the conductors being fastened in their assembly position by being molded into said insulating material and wherein said each brush holder includes a cross section profile essentially in a form of a T, with a traverse part embedded by molding into by molding into the insulating material of the ring and a longitudinal part comprising said recess of said brush holder.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the transverse part of said each brush holder includes two lateral walls, which extend perpendicularly to the longitudinal part and on both sides of said longitudinal part.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein each conductor segment is connected at one end with a lateral wall of a first brush holder and at the other end with a lateral wall of another brush holder of a same polarity, said another brush holder being diametrically opposed to the first brush holder, relative to the rotational axis of the rotor.

4. A device according to claim 3, wherein said ends of the conductor segments and the brush holders are connected by means of welding.

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein each conductor segment is connected at one end with a lateral wall of a first brush holder and at another end with a lateral wall of another brush holder of a same polarity, said another brush holder being diametrically opposed to the first brush holder, relative to a rotational axis of the rotor.

6. A device according to claim 5, wherein said ends of the conducting segments and the brush holders are connected by means of welding.

7. A device according to claim 1, wherein the brush mounted in said recess of each brush holder includes two contact elements.

8. A device according to claim 7, wherein the recess of each brush holder comprises two grooves opening opposite each contacting element of the brush and a face of the brush holder, with springs being provided to apply a force to abut a contact surface against the rotor.

9. A device according to claim 3, wherein said ends of said conductor segments and the brush holders are connected by means of soldering.

10. A device according to claim 3, wherein said ends of the conductor segments and the brush holders are connected by means of crimping.

11. A device according to claim 5, wherein said ends of the conductor segments and the brush holders are connected by means of soldering.

12. A device according to claim 5, wherein said ends of the conductor segments and the brush holders are connected by means of crimping.