Patent ID: 9484697
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H01R,H02K

Claim Text:
1. An alternator brush holder assembly defining perpendicular y and z axes, the z-axis extending substantially parallel to a rotational shaft of an alternator, the assembly comprising: first and second brushes each having a shunt wire protruding from a lateral side of the brush; and a housing having: wherein the first and second shunt wires extend laterally through the respective first and second slots and then through the respective first and second wire cavities, and wherein the first wire cavity has a z-axis dimension of Z, whereby the length of the first wire cavity is Z·(secant α) and wherein the respective z-axis dimensions of the first and second wire cavities are at least 0.9 times the height (z-axis dimension) of the corresponding first and second brushes.