Patent ID: 11881666
Assignee: SCHUNK CARBON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A brush module (10) for an electric machine, the brush module having at least a brush (13) for forming an electric contact with a slip ring of the machine, the brush module having an mounting device (12) and a brush holder (11) for accommodating and holding the brush, the mounting device being realized as a U-shaped sheet-metal bracket (17) which engages over the brush holder, the sheet-metal bracket having laterally protruding fastening tabs (18) for fastening the brush holder to an mounting surface (19), wherein an access opening (25) is formed in the brush holder, a retaining tab (26), which is formed on a fastening tab of the sheet-metal bracket, engaging in the access opening and holding the brush in the brush holder in a retaining position (24) in a form-fitting manner, the fastening tab having the retaining tab being inclined at an angle α relative to the mounting surface of the brush holder, and the fastening tab (18) is inclinable at angle α for coming into contact with the mounting surface (19), the retaining tab (26) releasing the brush (13) and the brush being moveable into a contact position (31) when the fastening tab is at an inclination of angle α, wherein the retaining tab is coupled to the fastening tab such that the retaining tab follows movement of the fastening tab through angle α to release the brush and permit the brush to be moveable into the contact position.