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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
May. 10, 1999
Richard Kenneth Harris, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Steven John Yockey, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An assembly (,) for use with a rotating electric machine has a first injection-molded plastic part (,), a second injection-molded plastic part (,), and a third injection-molded plastic part (,). Parts (,) are a bearing sleeve and a brush holder respectively, while part (,) is a cap. The bearing sleeve has a transverse wall (,) from which channels (,) extend in one direction. A cylindrical wall extends in the other direction to form a bearing cup (,) for receiving a bearing assembly. The brush holder has two side-by-side brush guides (,) each containing a respective brush (,). It also has two channels (,) that interlock with the channels of the bearing sleeve to accurately and rigidly place the two parts (,) in assembly. The cap closes an axial end of the bearing sleeve and attaches to the brush holder. The parts are further characterized by various structural features, as well as fabrication and assembly methods.