Patent ID: 6922003

Claim:
A brush holder device for a dynamoelectric machine, the brush holder device comprising: a base plate that is made of a dielectric resin material, wherein the base plate includes at least one limiting portion; at least one brush holder that is secured to the base plate, wherein: each of the at least one brush holder is formed by bending a holder material made of a metal plate, so that each of the at least one brush holder is shaped into a generally rectangular tubular body, which includes opposed first and second lateral walls, a top wall and a base wall; at least one of the at least one limiting portion of the base plate limits an increase in a space between the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall of a corresponding one of the at least one brush holder; and at least one brush, each of which is received in a corresponding one of the at least one brush holder in a slidable manner in a sliding direction toward and away from a commutator of the dynamoelectric machine.