Patent ID: 7378770

Claim:
An electrical machine, comprising a housing for the machine, the housing including a housing body ( 2 ) and a housing cap ( 3 ), a brush holder ( 5 ) disposed in the housing for holding brushes ( 6 ), and an elastic region ( 4 ; 11 ) in the housing cap ( 3 ) which enables positioning of the brush holder ( 5 ) relative to a commutator ( 7 ) from outside the housing, wherein the elastic region ( 4 ) is embodied as an independently formed elastomer element disposed in and secured in the housing cap ( 3 ), and wherein a seal is achieved between the elastomer element and the housing cap ( 3 ), wherein the elastomer element secured in the housing cap ( 3 ) is shaped as a cylinder and which is provided with a fastening slot in an outer circumference of the cylinder thereby achieving the seal between the elastomer element and the housing cap.