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Brush device for an electric machine, and electric machine

US9231456B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 2014
Grant dateJan 5, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R39/381
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A brush device (100) for an electric machine (10), having a brush (20) which is arranged in a brush guide element (21; 21a) so as to be longitudinally displaceable in the direction of a contact element (16) and which bears against the contact element (16) by way of a contact surface (30), wherein the brush (20) has a longitudinal axis (25) arranged at a first oblique angle (α) with respect to an axis of rotation (11) of the contact element (16), wherein that face side (23) of the brush (20) which is situated opposite the contact surface (30) is subjected to the spring force (F) of a spring element (32) in an abutment region (31).

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