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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Frank Austin Scalzo, III, New Hartford, NY (US);
Eric Steven Buskirk, Scotia, NY (US);
Benjamin Alber Mancuso, Glenville, NY (US);
Curtis Maurice Hebert, Schenectady, NY (US);
Matthew Thomas Preston, Middletown, CT (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A brush holder apparatus includes a stationary support member having at least one groove, a fork electrical connector, and a conductive bar configured to pass through a portion of a main body of the stationary support member. The conductive bar provides electrical conductivity with a collector mount and fork electrical connector. A brush holder is releasably affixed to the stationary support member, and has at least one rail that slides along the groove(s). The brush holder has a knife electrical connector that mates with the fork electrical connector. A brush spring is clipped on the brush holder, and presses a brush against a collector of a dynamoelectric machine. The brush spring is replaceable in the brush holder. The brush spring or brush holder has a friction enhancing material attached to an area where the brush spring attaches to the brush holder.