Patent ID: 6873084

Claim:
I claim a stationary armature self commutating machine comprising: (a) a stationary armature including multiple sets of lap or wave windings connected in series having multiple taps each attached to one stationary commutator segment; (b) a rotor comprised of a coil or a permanent magnet as a means for inducing a steady state magnetic field encompassed by said stationary armature; (c) a rotating brush assembly being affixed to said rotor and comprising a plurality of brushes arranged in sub-assemblies held in place by a non-conducting support base; (d) a first and second sub-assembly each consisting of at least two brushes, two copper brush holders; (e) a one brush keeper having a curved surface at one end contacting the top of each brush, a counter weight at the opposite end counteracting the centrifugal forces occasioned by said brushes, and forming a shunt being said two brushes; (f) fulcrum situated at said brush keeper's center of gravity and attached to said non-conducting support base, having equal and opposite moments occasioned by said brushes and counterweight providing a predetermined range of yaw within the sub-assembly's plane of rotations; (g) and a retaining spring as means for containing the brushes within said copper brush holder; (h) a first slip ring electrically connected to said first rotating sub-assembly's such that current flows through first brush, brush holder, and brush keeper with said stationary commutator and armature providing electrical continuity through the second brush holder and brush with some current flow being shunted around said armature through wires connected to the brush holder of a second rotating brush sub-assembly of opposite polarity forming a parallel or shunt electrical circuit.