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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 29, 2001
Hervé Laurandel, Herouville Saint Clair, FR;
Philippe Raoul, Fresne la Mere, FR;
Hervé Laurandel, Herouville Saint Clair, FR;
Philippe Raoul, Fresne la Mere, FR;
Meritor Light Vehicle Systems - France, Sully-sur-Loire, FR;
Abstract
An electric motor, in particular a motor and gear box unit for activating functional equipment in a vehicle, includes a rotor shaft carrying a commutator co-operating with conductive brushes disposed in brush supports fixed to a printed circuit card; the motor is provided with means for enabling brush supports to be fixed to the printed circuit card solely by surface mounting. These means may comprise, for each brush, a metal casing containing the brush and having one wall with at least one transverse tab adapted to pass through the printed circuit card in order to position and hold the casing on the card and in order to provide an electrical connection. The invention enables brush-support devices to be fixed to the printed circuit card solely by surface mounting, thus making it pointless to perform an additional flow soldering operation as is required in the prior art.