Patent ID: 9711924
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A brush assembly comprising a brush, a brush cage, and a spring, wherein the spring comprises two coil portions and a connecting portion interconnecting the coil portions, the connecting portion of the spring and the brush being received in the brush cage, the brush comprises a contact end and a second end remote from the contact end, the connecting portion of the spring abutting against the second end of the brush, a hook is formed at each of two opposite sides of the brush cage, at a first end portion of the brush cage adjacent the contact end of the brush, each of the two coil portions is connected with a corresponding one of the hooks, and each of the hooks extends at a different angle to a corresponding outer surface of the brush cage, wherein the hooks comprise a first hook and a second hook, each of the hooks comprises a stop plate extending outwardly from the brush cage and a hook portion disposed at a distal end of the stop plate, an angle A is formed between the stop plate of the first hook and the outer surface of the brush cage, an angle B is formed between the stop plate of the second hook and the outer surface of the brush cage, the angle A is not equal to the angle B, and the angle A and the angle B are both greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.