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- This invention relates to brush assemblies for electric motors and more particularly, although not necessarily exclusively, to such assemblies incorporating components for retaining brushes in selected positions during assembly of electric motors.
- FIG. 2 of the Ortt patent illustrates the assembly, which includes a brush, an electrical connector for the brush, and a spring.
- the spring functions to bias the brush into contact with an outer surface of a commutator and thereby “complete the electrical circuit between the rotating commutator and a power source.” See Ortt, col. 1, 11.26-27.
- the present invention provides alternative brush assemblies for electric motors. Included among components of the assemblies are springs, or other mechanisms, designed to bias brushes away from surfaces of a commutator during assembly of a motor. Also included in each assembly may be a cover plate with a cavity into which a retention spring may be fitted following formation of the motor. If present, the plate additionally may (if desired) incorporate one or more tabs which, in use of the motor, assist in supporting side surfaces of the brushes and in orienting the plate relative to a corresponding brush card.
- the retention spring Prior to operation of the assembled electric motor, the retention spring operates to counteract—and either balance or overcome—forces provided by coil or other springs used to bias brushes toward commutator surfaces. Consequently, before operation of the motor the brushes are not biased toward a commutator surface.
- This lack of bias greatly facilitates assembly of the motor, as it allows insertion of the commutator into the card carrying the brushes without undesired contact between the commutator and brushes.
- a separate plastic tube is used temporarily to restrain the brushes so that the commutator may be positioned appropriately relevant to the card. The present invention thus also avoids the need for a separate tube to be used for this purpose.
- the retention spring of the invention is not needed after a motor is assembled, it need not be removed from the assembly. Instead, the retention spring may be fitted into a cavity in the associated cover plate and retained there throughout the life of the motor. Indeed, in preferred embodiments, the act of inserting the brush card itself onto the motor causes a commutator to move the retention spring into the cavity, so that no further effort is required to fit the spring there. Hence, no separate operation to remove the retention spring is necessary.
- One proposed embodiment of the retention spring is generally circular, but with a flattened (straightened) end segment and flanges protruding from an open opposite end.
- the flattened end which abuts a corresponding surface of the brush card, helps orient the spring relative to the card so that the flanges are aligned with (nominally) vertical channels in the opposite end of the card.
- the retention spring When the retention spring is subjected to vertical forces, the flanges may travel within the channels while the flattened end slides along its abutting surface. Should its flanges exit the channels, the retention spring will expand and be captured by the cavity in the cover plate.
- movement of the retention spring will be constrained relative to the brush card, with its curved surfaces restraining movement of the brushes within the card.
- cover plate included in some embodiments of the cover plate are one or more tabs protruding toward the brush card. Such tabs, if present, may function as partial walls for the brush housings within the card, further supporting respective side surfaces of the brushes. As noted above they also may orient the cover plate relative to the brush card.
- FIG. 1 illustrates, in plan view, an exemplary retention mechanism of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 presents an exploded view of a brush assembly of the present invention including the retention mechanism of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 illustrates the brush assembly of FIG. 2 prior to incorporation into a motor.
- FIG. 4 shows the brush assembly of FIGS. 2-3 following incorporation into a motor.
- FIG. 5 illustrates, in plan view, an exemplary back plate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a side view of the exemplary back plate of FIG. 5 .
- FIG. 1 Depicted in FIG. 1 is retention mechanism 10 of the present invention.
- Mechanism 10 is preferably (although not necessarily) in the form of a spring with end section 14 , opposed resilient legs 18 and 22 , and flanges 26 and 30 .
- FIG. 1 illustrates mechanism 10 in two positions, with legs 18 and 22 “closed” (in solid lines) and “open” (in dotted lines).
- Versions of mechanism 10 consistent with FIG. 1 appear generally circular or U-shaped, with an open area opposite end section 14 .
- End section 14 may include a flat or straight segment 34 and transitional segments 38 and 42 connecting flat segment 34 to respective legs 18 and 22 .
- Segment 34 is designed to abut a corresponding surface of an associated brush card.
- segment 34 need not necessarily be flat, but rather may be shaped differently depending on the shape of the corresponding surface of the card (or otherwise as appropriate or desired).
- Legs 18 and 22 beneficially are curved so that, when in the closed position, their curvature generally matches the internal curvature of the associated brush card.
- legs 18 and 22 terminate at respective flanges 26 and 30 at the open end of mechanism 10 , with such flanges 26 and 30 designed to fit into corresponding channels of the brush card so as to compress legs 18 and 22 .
- legs 18 and 22 need not necessarily terminate in flanges 26 and 30 and that other methods of engaging the brush card may be utilized instead. Because mechanism 10 is wider in its “open” state, clear from FIG. 1 is that it thus will exert outward force radially when legs 18 and 22 are compressed radially into the “closed” state. This outward radial force exerted by legs 18 and 22 functions to counteract opposite spring forces acting on the brushes within a card, thus retaining the brushes in a desired position during assembly of the electric motor.
- FIG. 2 Illustrated in FIG. 2 are components of a brush assembly 50 of the present invention.
- Assembly 50 incorporates retention mechanism 10 as well as at least brush card 54 , back plate 58 , and one or more brushes 62 .
- subassemblies 66 A and 66 B to which brushes 62 are connected, springs 70 (one associated with each brush 62 ), and end cap assembly 74 .
- springs 70 one associated with each brush 62
- end cap assembly 74 Although four brushes 62 and springs 70 are illustrated in FIG. 2 , more or fewer brushes and springs may be included instead.
- FIG. 2 also details novel aspects of brush card 54 , including its interior surface 76 .
- card 54 may contain channels 78 and 82 extending from surface 76 and whose major axes are generally perpendicular to the major plane of card 54 . (Stated differently, if card 54 is positioned horizontal to a surface, then channels 78 and 82 will be positioned more or less vertically.) Although channels 78 and 82 need not be oriented as depicted in FIG. 2 , this orientation is preferred, as it facilitates desired movement of retention mechanism 10 after a motor is assembled. When retention mechanism 10 is in use, legs 18 and 22 are compressed and fitted into, respectively, channels 78 and 82 so that mechanism 10 is in the “closed” state.
- housings 94 are incomplete, in that they do not fully envelop their associated brushes.
- housings 94 intentionally lack wall structure at interior surface 76 so that brushes 62 may contact a commutator placed in the space bounded by surface 76 .
- Each housing 94 additionally may have an incomplete side wall 98 and an open end 102 to permit a brush 62 to be placed therein and a corresponding electrical lead 106 to extend therefrom.
- Back plate 58 may be attached to card 54 (using fasteners such as bolts B or other attachment means) so as to cover open ends 102 of housings 94 . In this way, brushes 62 may be precluded from escaping housings 94 through ends 102 . Further, however, plate 58 may include one or more tabs 110 protruding therefrom, preferably one tab 110 for each side wall 98 . If present, such tabs 110 may be positioned so as partially to complete the incomplete side walls 98 , thereby enveloping and supporting more of each brush 62 . Because tabs 110 would be designed to fit into the incomplete areas of walls 98 , they also could facilitate properly orienting plate 58 for attachment to card 54 .
- Side 114 of plate 58 opposite card 54 beneficially includes cavity 118 (divided into recessed sections 118 A and 118 B). If retention mechanism 10 is pushed or otherwise forced toward plate 58 , compressed legs 18 and 22 will begin travelling within channels 78 and 82 toward plate 58 as well. Once at the open ends of channels 78 and 82 , legs 18 and 22 will expand into, respectively, recesses 118 A and 118 B and thus be “captured” by cavity 118 . Cavity 118 hence provides a resting place for retention mechanism 10 after it is no longer needed to restrain brushes 62 . End cap 122 of cap assembly 74 may be fitted over plate 58 so as to cover, among other things, recess 118 and thereby prevent retention mechanism 10 from exiting assembly 50 .
- FIG. 3 shows mechanism 10 in its operational position, with legs 18 and 22 restraining brushes 62 . Because springs 70 bias brushes 62 toward the open area bounded by surface 76 , absent intervention brushes 62 would tend to protrude into that open area. Their doing so could, in turn, hinder insertion of a commutator into that area. Retention mechanism 10 provides such intervention, with the outward radial force exerted by legs 18 and 22 overcoming (or at least balancing) the force of springs 70 , thereby preventing brushes 62 from extending substantially out of housings 94 into the open area.
- FIG. 4 illustrates retention mechanism 10 in its resting position within cavity 118 following incorporation of brush assembly 50 into a motor.
- end cap assembly 74 has been omitted from this drawing.
- commutator C of the motor.
- commutator C engages retention mechanism 10 and pushes it toward plate 58 .
- This in turn causes flanges 26 and 30 to travel within channels 78 and 82 until they exit therefrom into recesses 118 A and 118 B, at which time legs 18 and 22 extend, precluding flanges 26 and 30 from returning to the channels 78 and 82 .
- Retention mechanism 10 thus need not be removed from brush assembly 50 , but thereafter may rest in cavity 118 and not impede proper functioning of the motor.
- Back plate 58 includes a plurality (four) tabs 110 which are radially spaced and of substantially identical geometry/dimension.
- the tabs 110 are advantageously configured and dimensioned to protrude into the holder cavity that supports the brushes, thereby further stabilizing the brushes, e.g., during applicable duty cycles. More particularly, tabs 110 are effective in supporting the brushes in planes that are not supported/stabilized in previous designs. As noted previously, tabs 110 cooperate with card 54 to complete surface 76 , thereby effecting a reliable alignment therebetween.
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Detailed are brush assemblies for electric motors. The assemblies may include retention springs or other mechanisms designed to bias brushes away from surfaces of commutators during assembly of the motors. Such retention mechanisms additionally may be fitted into cavities in associated cover plates following motor assembly. The cover plates further may include tabs which, in use of the motor, assist in supporting side surfaces of the brushes and in orienting the plate relative to a corresponding brush card.
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- The present application is a continuation-in-part application claiming the benefit of a co-pending non-provisional patent application entitled “Brush Assemblies” that was filed on Mar. 5, 2004 and assigned Ser. No. 10/793,706. The contents of the foregoing non-provisional patent application are incorporated herein by reference.
- This invention relates to brush assemblies for electric motors and more particularly, although not necessarily exclusively, to such assemblies incorporating components for retaining brushes in selected positions during assembly of electric motors.
- Disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,664,701 to Ortt, et al., whose contents are incorporated herein in their entirety by this reference, is an example of a brush assembly for an electric motor.
FIG. 2 of the Ortt patent illustrates the assembly, which includes a brush, an electrical connector for the brush, and a spring. As noted in the Ortt patent, the spring functions to bias the brush into contact with an outer surface of a commutator and thereby “complete the electrical circuit between the rotating commutator and a power source.” See Ortt, col. 1, 11.26-27. - U.S. Pat. No. 5,990,594 to Hyatt, Jr., et al., whose contents, by this reference, are also incorporated herein in their entirety, details another brush assembly for use as part of an electric motor. In this assembly, coil springs are positioned within brush sleeves so as to bias brushes into contact with a commutator. Consistent with many conventional brush assemblies, however, neither the assembly of the Ortt patent nor that of the Hyatt, Jr. patent utilizes springs or other resilient materials to bias brushes away from any commutator surface during motor assembly or otherwise.
- The present invention provides alternative brush assemblies for electric motors. Included among components of the assemblies are springs, or other mechanisms, designed to bias brushes away from surfaces of a commutator during assembly of a motor. Also included in each assembly may be a cover plate with a cavity into which a retention spring may be fitted following formation of the motor. If present, the plate additionally may (if desired) incorporate one or more tabs which, in use of the motor, assist in supporting side surfaces of the brushes and in orienting the plate relative to a corresponding brush card.
- Prior to operation of the assembled electric motor, the retention spring operates to counteract—and either balance or overcome—forces provided by coil or other springs used to bias brushes toward commutator surfaces. Consequently, before operation of the motor the brushes are not biased toward a commutator surface. This lack of bias greatly facilitates assembly of the motor, as it allows insertion of the commutator into the card carrying the brushes without undesired contact between the commutator and brushes. By contrast, in many conventional assemblies, a separate plastic tube is used temporarily to restrain the brushes so that the commutator may be positioned appropriately relevant to the card. The present invention thus also avoids the need for a separate tube to be used for this purpose.
- Further, although the retention spring of the invention is not needed after a motor is assembled, it need not be removed from the assembly. Instead, the retention spring may be fitted into a cavity in the associated cover plate and retained there throughout the life of the motor. Indeed, in preferred embodiments, the act of inserting the brush card itself onto the motor causes a commutator to move the retention spring into the cavity, so that no further effort is required to fit the spring there. Hence, no separate operation to remove the retention spring is necessary.
- One proposed embodiment of the retention spring is generally circular, but with a flattened (straightened) end segment and flanges protruding from an open opposite end. The flattened end, which abuts a corresponding surface of the brush card, helps orient the spring relative to the card so that the flanges are aligned with (nominally) vertical channels in the opposite end of the card. When the retention spring is subjected to vertical forces, the flanges may travel within the channels while the flattened end slides along its abutting surface. Should its flanges exit the channels, the retention spring will expand and be captured by the cavity in the cover plate. However, absent the existence of such vertical forces acting on the retention spring, movement of the retention spring will be constrained relative to the brush card, with its curved surfaces restraining movement of the brushes within the card.
- To facilitate placement of brushes within cards and provide electrical access to the brushes, many brush cards omit much of one side wall of each brush housing. A consequence of this omission is lack of complete support for the brushes within the housings, particularly on the side where parts of the walls are omitted. Hence, included in some embodiments of the cover plate are one or more tabs protruding toward the brush card. Such tabs, if present, may function as partial walls for the brush housings within the card, further supporting respective side surfaces of the brushes. As noted above they also may orient the cover plate relative to the brush card.
- It thus is an optional, non-exclusive object of the present invention to provide brush assemblies in which brushes are constrained within an associated card prior to assembly of an electric motor.
- It also is an optional, non-exclusive object of the present invention to provide brush assemblies in which the brush-constraint mechanism need not be removed to complete assembly of the electric motor.
- It is another optional, non-exclusive object of the present invention to provide retention mechanisms for brushes that may be fitted into brush cards.
- It is, moreover, an optional, non-exclusive object of the present invention to provide retention mechanisms in the form of springs having flanges fitted into the brush cards.
- It is a further optional, non-exclusive object of the present invention to provide brush assemblies with cover plates having cavities (recesses) into which retention mechanisms may be fitted following assembly of the electric motors.
- It is yet another optional, non-exclusive object of the present invention to provide cover plates having one or more tabs protruding therefrom, which tabs form portions of walls for brush housings of the brush cards.
- Other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the relevant fields with reference to the remaining text and drawings of this application.
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FIG. 1 illustrates, in plan view, an exemplary retention mechanism of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 presents an exploded view of a brush assembly of the present invention including the retention mechanism ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 illustrates the brush assembly ofFIG. 2 prior to incorporation into a motor. -
FIG. 4 shows the brush assembly ofFIGS. 2-3 following incorporation into a motor. -
FIG. 5 illustrates, in plan view, an exemplary back plate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 6 illustrates a side view of the exemplary back plate ofFIG. 5 . - Depicted in
FIG. 1 isretention mechanism 10 of the present invention.Mechanism 10 is preferably (although not necessarily) in the form of a spring withend section 14, opposedresilient legs flanges FIG. 1 illustratesmechanism 10 in two positions, withlegs - Versions of
mechanism 10 consistent withFIG. 1 appear generally circular or U-shaped, with an open areaopposite end section 14.End section 14 may include a flat orstraight segment 34 andtransitional segments flat segment 34 torespective legs Segment 34 is designed to abut a corresponding surface of an associated brush card. Those skilled in the relevant art will, however, recognize thatsegment 34 need not necessarily be flat, but rather may be shaped differently depending on the shape of the corresponding surface of the card (or otherwise as appropriate or desired). - Legs 18 and 22 beneficially are curved so that, when in the closed position, their curvature generally matches the internal curvature of the associated brush card. In the embodiment of
FIG. 1 ,legs respective flanges mechanism 10, withsuch flanges legs legs flanges mechanism 10 is wider in its “open” state, clear fromFIG. 1 is that it thus will exert outward force radially whenlegs legs - Illustrated in
FIG. 2 are components of abrush assembly 50 of the present invention.Assembly 50 incorporatesretention mechanism 10 as well as at leastbrush card 54, backplate 58, and one or more brushes 62. Also shown inFIG. 2 aresubassemblies cap assembly 74. Although fourbrushes 62 and springs 70 are illustrated inFIG. 2 , more or fewer brushes and springs may be included instead. -
FIG. 2 also details novel aspects ofbrush card 54, including itsinterior surface 76. As shown inFIG. 2 ,card 54 may containchannels surface 76 and whose major axes are generally perpendicular to the major plane ofcard 54. (Stated differently, ifcard 54 is positioned horizontal to a surface, thenchannels channels FIG. 2 , this orientation is preferred, as it facilitates desired movement ofretention mechanism 10 after a motor is assembled. Whenretention mechanism 10 is in use,legs channels mechanism 10 is in the “closed” state. - Included as well in
brush card 54 arerecess 86, whosesurface 90 abuts (or otherwise engages)segment 34 ofmechanism 10, andhousings 94, one for each of brushes 62. Depicted inFIG. 2 is thathousings 94 are incomplete, in that they do not fully envelop their associated brushes. For example,housings 94 intentionally lack wall structure atinterior surface 76 so that brushes 62 may contact a commutator placed in the space bounded bysurface 76. Eachhousing 94 additionally may have anincomplete side wall 98 and anopen end 102 to permit abrush 62 to be placed therein and a correspondingelectrical lead 106 to extend therefrom. - Back
plate 58 may be attached to card 54 (using fasteners such as bolts B or other attachment means) so as to cover open ends 102 ofhousings 94. In this way, brushes 62 may be precluded from escapinghousings 94 through ends 102. Further, however,plate 58 may include one ormore tabs 110 protruding therefrom, preferably onetab 110 for eachside wall 98. If present,such tabs 110 may be positioned so as partially to complete theincomplete side walls 98, thereby enveloping and supporting more of eachbrush 62. Becausetabs 110 would be designed to fit into the incomplete areas ofwalls 98, they also could facilitate properly orientingplate 58 for attachment to card 54. -
Side 114 ofplate 58opposite card 54 beneficially includes cavity 118 (divided into recessedsections retention mechanism 10 is pushed or otherwise forced towardplate 58,compressed legs channels plate 58 as well. Once at the open ends ofchannels legs cavity 118.Cavity 118 hence provides a resting place forretention mechanism 10 after it is no longer needed to restrain brushes 62. End cap 122 ofcap assembly 74 may be fitted overplate 58 so as to cover, among other things,recess 118 and thereby preventretention mechanism 10 from exitingassembly 50. -
FIG. 3 showsmechanism 10 in its operational position, withlegs springs 70 bias brushes 62 toward the open area bounded bysurface 76, absent intervention brushes 62 would tend to protrude into that open area. Their doing so could, in turn, hinder insertion of a commutator into that area.Retention mechanism 10 provides such intervention, with the outward radial force exerted bylegs springs 70, thereby preventingbrushes 62 from extending substantially out ofhousings 94 into the open area. -
FIG. 4 illustratesretention mechanism 10 in its resting position withincavity 118 following incorporation ofbrush assembly 50 into a motor. (For clarity,end cap assembly 74 has been omitted from this drawing.) Visible inFIG. 4 is commutator C of the motor. Upon insertion ofbrush assembly 10 onto the motor, commutator C engagesretention mechanism 10 and pushes it towardplate 58. This in turn causesflanges channels recesses time legs flanges channels Retention mechanism 10 thus need not be removed frombrush assembly 50, but thereafter may rest incavity 118 and not impede proper functioning of the motor. - With reference to
FIGS. 5 and 6 ,exemplary back plate 58 is further depicted. Backplate 58 includes a plurality (four)tabs 110 which are radially spaced and of substantially identical geometry/dimension. Thetabs 110 are advantageously configured and dimensioned to protrude into the holder cavity that supports the brushes, thereby further stabilizing the brushes, e.g., during applicable duty cycles. More particularly,tabs 110 are effective in supporting the brushes in planes that are not supported/stabilized in previous designs. As noted previously,tabs 110 cooperate withcard 54 to completesurface 76, thereby effecting a reliable alignment therebetween. Of note, exemplary back plates according to the present disclosure have been tested in permanent magnet starter (PMS) systems and have passed the requisite 40,000 cycle performance criteria. - The foregoing is provided for purposes of illustrating, explaining, and describing exemplary embodiments and certain benefits of the present invention. Modifications and adaptations to the illustrated and described embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the relevant art and may be made without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention.
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1. A brush assembly for an electrical motor, the brush assembly comprising:
a. a brush card;
b. a brush positioned, at least in part, in the brush card;
c. a cover plate attached to the brush card, the cover plate comprising means for orienting its position relative to the brush card; and
d. resilient means, in contact with the brush, for restraining movement of the brush in at least one direction.
2. A brush assembly according to claim 1 in which the orienting means comprises at least one tab.
3. A brush assembly according to claim 2 in which (a) the brush card comprises a housing for the brush, the housing having an incomplete side wall, and (b) the tab at least partially completes the incomplete portion of the side wall.
4. A brush assembly according to claim 3 in which the incomplete side wall and the tab help support the brush.
5. A brush assembly according to claim 1 in which the resilient means engages, and is adapted to move relative to, the brush card.
6. A brush assembly according to claim 5 in which the brush card defines a channel and the resilient means comprises a flange engaging the channel.
7. A brush assembly according to claim 1 in which the resilient means comprises a spring.
8. A brush assembly according to claim 7 in which the spring includes two curved sections, each having a flanged end.
9. A brush assembly according to claim 8 in which the spring further includes a flat section opposite the flanged ends.
10. A brush assembly according to claim 1 further comprising a biased spring, positioned at least partly within the brush card in contact with the brush, for biasing the brush into a region bounded by the brush card.
11. A brush assembly according to claim 10 in which the resilient means counteracts the bias of the biasing spring.
12. A brush assembly according to claim 1 in which (i) the cover plate has a first side facing the brush card and a second side opposite the first side and (ii) the second side has a cavity therein.
13. A brush assembly according to claim 12 in which the brush card is configured so that the resilient means may be moved into the cavity when it no longer is needed to restrain movement of the brush.
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