US 11,682,949 B2
Earthing brush assembly
Benoit Arnault, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (FR); Paul Feliciano, Saint Cyr-sur-Loire (FR); and Thomas Perrotin, Saint Roch (FR)
Assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Aktiebolaget SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/589,911.
Claims priority of application No. 2102408 (FR), filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0294319 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H02K 11/40 (2016.01); H02K 5/14 (2006.01); H02K 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 11/40 (2016.01) [H02K 5/14 (2013.01); H02K 5/146 (2013.01); H02K 13/00 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An earthing brush assembly comprising:
an earthing brush, and
a brush mounting plate configured to radially and axially retain the brush, the brush comprising a support and a plurality of conductive individual fibers mounted in the support, the mounting plate comprising a radial main body that is axially delimited by a first front face and by a second front face, and a plurality of tongues for axially and radially retaining the brush, the tongues being circumferentially distributed around the main body of the mounting plate and extending axially from the second front face of the main body, and at least three mounting segments extending radially outwards from an outer surface of the main body, the mounting segments being distributed circumferentially around the main body of the mounting plate, each one of the segments locally surrounding the support of the earthing brush while remaining radially separated from the support, wherein the mounting segments are regularly distributed about the main body and are circumferentially spaced apart from one another.