US 12,249,879 B2
Grounding brush assembly
Benoit Arnault, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (FR); Samuel Viault, Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher (FR); and Thomas Perrotin, Saint Roch (FR)
Assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/163,308.
Claims priority of application No. 2201202 (FR), filed on Feb. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0261554 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H02K 11/40 (2016.01); H01R 39/38 (2006.01); H01R 39/39 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 11/40 (2016.01) [H01R 39/385 (2013.01); H01R 39/39 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A grounding brush assembly comprising:
a grounding brush including a support and a plurality of conductive fibers mounted in the support, and
a brush mounting plate including a main body and a plurality of tongues for axially and radially retaining the brush, the tongues extending from and being integrally formed with the main body and being spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of centering tabs extending from and being integrally formed with the main body, spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction and offset radially outwardly at least partially with respect to the tongues, each centering tab including a connecting portion extending outwardly from the main body and a centering portion extending at least axially from the connecting portion and locally surrounding the support of the grounding brush while remaining radially separated from the support, the centering portion being delimited in the circumferential direction by free front faces, each centering portion of the centering tabs being engageable with a housing.