Patent ID: 9077218
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H01R,H02K

Abstract:
1. A brush holder assembly for an alternator having a rotational axis, comprising: a pair of brushes each having a contacting surface defining a width and a height, the height extending in a direction approximately parallel to the rotational axis, and each having a shunt wire extending laterally from the brush in the widthwise direction; and a housing having first and second brush chambers, corresponding first and second wire cavities each defining a cavity height extending in a direction substantially parallel to the rotational axis, and first and second slots respectively interposed between the corresponding chamber and cavity; wherein the respective shunt wires extend through the first and second slots then through the first and second wire cavities, and wherein the cavity heights of the first and second wire cavities are each at least approximately 0.9 times the height of one of the brushes.