Patent ID: 6998754

Claim:
A brush assembly for an electric motor, the brush assembly comprising: a brush card having an opening configured and dimensioned for receiving a commutator, the opening including a wall and a channel located along the wall, the channel including a channel side wall; a brush coupled to and supported by the brush card, and positioned to contact, in the event one is received in the opening, a commutator; and a resilient member including a restraining section and a flange, the flange being configured and dimensioned to be received in the channel; wherein the resilient member is further adapted to assume a deflected position, and is mounted to the brush card at the opening in the deflected position such that the restraining section addresses the brush so as to restrain a movement thereof in at least one direction relative to the brush card, and such that the flange is received in the channel, and engages the channel side wall.