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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2014
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Stephen P. Osborne, Pikesville, MD (US);
Daniel F. Heck, Baltimore, MD (US);
Colin M. Crosby, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ryan F. Schroeder, Hampstead, MD (US);
Barak N. Gohn, Shrewsbury, MD (US);
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
An electric motor is provided including a stator, an armature rotatably received within the stator and having an armature shaft on which a commutator is mounted, and a brush assembly. The brush assembly includes a planar portion disposed around the commutator and accommodating a plurality of brushes, a bridge portion disposed at an end of the commutator and extending from the planer portion via two or more legs, and metal routing(s) disposed on or within the bridge portion to electrically couple the brushes.