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US4613781A
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End cap assembly and brush box an electric motor
Assignee: Black and Decker Inc
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Filing: 1984-09-07
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Granted: 1986-09-23
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Expires: 2004-09-07
Abstract
Abstract A stator assembly of an electric motor includes a lamination stack, a field coil, an end cap having a plastics body fixed to the lamination stack, a brush box made of electrically conducting material, mounted on the plastics body, housing brushes resiliently biased towards the axis of the assembly, and a plurality of electrical conductors in the form of strips of predetermined configuration located on the plastics body for making electrical connections between components of the motor. The electrical conductors include a first conductor extending from the brush box; a second conductor extending from a termination of the field coil and a conducting means, which incorporates an inductance, connects the first and second conductors. The inductance in the connection is altered by altering the inductance of the conducting means. The first conductor is wrapped around the brush box to give a good and reliable electrical connection. The end wall of the brush box is connected by a tongue that can be flexed repeatedly to allow brush replacement without the end wall's breaking off. An impedance, typically a capacitor, that is connected across the power supply of the motor, is clamped on the end cap by a plastics clamping arm.
Inventors
- 👤 Anthony J. Sanders
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 06:37
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K5/00; H02K5/04; H02K5/14; H02K5/143; H02K5/148; H01; H01R; H01R39/00; H01R39/02; H01R39/36; H02K2205/00; H02K2205/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
An end cap assembly for mounting on a lamination stack of an electric motor having a motor axis, said end cap assembly comprising: a plastics body; a pair of brush boxes made of electrically conducting material, mounted on the plastics body and housing brushes resiliently biased in a direction towards the motor axis for making contact with a rotor of the motor; the brush boxes including releasable fastenings for retaining the brushes in a retracted position in the brush boxes; a plurality of electrical conductors in the form of strips of predetermined configuration located in the plastics body for making electrical connections between components of the motor, each of the brush boxes making contact with a respective electrical conductor; each electrical conductor making contact with a brush box being configured to wrap around the base of the brush box; the base of each brush box having lateral flanges around which the respective electrical conductor is configured to wrap; and the lateral flanges being formed as lateral extensions of the base of the brush box and the conductor passing underneath and directly adjacent to the base of the brush box.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
An end cap assembly for mounting on a lamination stack of an electric motor having a motor axis, said end cap assembly comprising: a plastics body; a pair of brush boxes made of electrically conducting material, mounted on the plastics body and housing brushes resiliently biased in a direction towards the motor axis for making contact with a rotor of the motor; the brush boxes including releasable fastenings for retaining the brushes in a retracted position in the brush boxes; a plurality of electrical conductors in the form of strips of predetermined configuration located in the plastics body for making electrical connections between components of the motor, each of the brush boxes making contact with a respective electrical conductor; each electrical conductor making contact with a brush box being configured to wrap around the base of the brush box; the base of each brush box having lateral flanges around which the respective electrical conductor is configured to wrap; and the lateral flanges being formed as lateral extensions of the base of the brush box and the conductor passing underneath and directly adjacent to the base of the brush box.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
172 words
An end cap assembly for mounting on a lamination stack of an electric motor having a motor axis, said end cap assembly comprising: a plastics body; a pair of brush boxes made of electrically conducting material, mounted on the plastics body and housing brushes resiliently biased in a direction towards the motor axis for making contact with a rotor of the motor; the brush boxes including releasable fastenings for retaining the brushes in a retracted position in the brush boxes; a plurality of electrical conductors in the form of strips of predetermined configuration located in the plastics body for making electrical connections between components of the motor, each of the brush boxes making contact with a respective electrical conductor; each electrical conductor making contact with a brush box being configured to wrap around the base of the brush box; the arrangement of each brush box and the respective electrical conducor being such that the respective electrical conductor cannot be moved out of engagement with the brush box without moving the brush box.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
172 words
An end cap assembly for mounting on a lamination stack of an electric motor having a motor axis, said end cap assembly comprising: a plastics body; a pair of brush boxes made of electrically conducting material, mounted on the plastics body and housing brushes resiliently biased in a direction towards the motor axis for making contact with a rotor of the motor; the brush boxes including releasable fastenings for retaining the brushes in a retracted position in the brush boxes; a plurality of electrical conductors in the form of strips of predetermined configuration located in the plastics body for making electrical connections between components of the motor, each of the brush boxes making contact with a respective electrical conductor; each electrical conductor making contact with a brush box being configured to wrap around the base of the brush box; the arrangement of each brush box and the respective electrical conducor being such that the respective electrical conductor cannot be moved out of engagement with the brush box without moving the brush box.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
An end cap assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the brush box is permanently fixed to the plastics body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
210 words
An end cap assembly for mounting on a lamination stack of an electric motor having a motor axis, said end cap assembly comprising: a plastics body, a pair of brush boxes made of electrically conducting material, mounted on the plastics body and housing brushes resiliently biased in a direction towards the motor axis for making contact with a rotor of the motor; the brush boxes including releasable fastenings for retaining the brushes in a retracted position in the brush boxes; a plurality of electrical conductors in the form of strips of predetermined configuration located in the plastics body for making electrical connections between components of the motor, each of the brush boxes making contact with a respective electrical conductor; and each brush box being made of sheet material and including side walls, an end wall, and an opening opposite the end wall and the end wall being connected to one of the side walls by a tongue of sheet material and being movable from a closed position in which it obstructs the associated end of the brush box to an open position in which the obstruction is substantially removed to enable a brush to be inserted or removed, movement of the end wall being accompanied by deformation of the tongue.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
210 words
An end cap assembly for mounting on a lamination stack of an electric motor having a motor axis, said end cap assembly comprising: a plastics body, a pair of brush boxes made of electrically conducting material, mounted on the plastics body and housing brushes resiliently biased in a direction towards the motor axis for making contact with a rotor of the motor; the brush boxes including releasable fastenings for retaining the brushes in a retracted position in the brush boxes; a plurality of electrical conductors in the form of strips of predetermined configuration located in the plastics body for making electrical connections between components of the motor, each of the brush boxes making contact with a respective electrical conductor; and each brush box being made of sheet material and including side walls, an end wall, and an opening opposite the end wall and the end wall being connected to one of the side walls by a tongue of sheet material and being movable from a closed position in which it obstructs the associated end of the brush box to an open position in which the obstruction is substantially removed to enable a brush to be inserted or removed, movement of the end wall being accompanied by deformation of the tongue.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
An end cap assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the tongue has a length of at least one sixth of the length of the brush box.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
An end cap assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the tongue is formed from a part of the side wall to which the end wall is joined.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
55 words
An end cap assembly as claimed in claim 4 further including an electrical impedance mounted on the plastics body and to which electrical connection is made, wherein the plastics body includes a resilient plastics clamping arm which is resiliently deformed by the electrical impedance and which bears against the impedance clamping it to the body.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
An end cap assembly as claimed in claim 7 in which the clamping arm has a distal end on which a clamping head is formed, the clamping head having a protuberance for engaging the impedance.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
35 words
An end cap assembly as claimed in claim 8 in which the protuberance has an inclined cam face for engaging the impedance during its installation whereby the clamping arm is resiliently deformed during said installation.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
39 words
An end cap assembly as claimed in claim 8 in which the protuberance has a face disposed at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the arm, which face bears against the impedance clamping it to the body.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
128 words
A brush box made of sheet material and comprising: side walls, an end wall and an opening opposite the end wall; the end wall being connected to one of the side walls by a tongue of sheet material, said tongue forming part of said one side wall; said end wall being movable relative to said one side wall from a closed position in which said end wall obstructs an associated end of the brush box to an open position in which said associated end is unobstructed by said end wall whereby a brush can be inserted into or removed from said brush box through said associated end; and said tongue being deformable to enable movement of said end wall between said closed and open positions to be accomplished.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
128 words
A brush box made of sheet material and comprising: side walls, an end wall and an opening opposite the end wall; the end wall being connected to one of the side walls by a tongue of sheet material, said tongue forming part of said one side wall; said end wall being movable relative to said one side wall from a closed position in which said end wall obstructs an associated end of the brush box to an open position in which said associated end is unobstructed by said end wall whereby a brush can be inserted into or removed from said brush box through said associated end; and said tongue being deformable to enable movement of said end wall between said closed and open positions to be accomplished.
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