Patent ID: 7772740

Claim:
A brush holder ( 2 ), comprising a carbon holder ( 4 ) that forms a guide ( 38 ) for a carbon brush ( 6 ); and a holding spring ( 10 ) for biasing the carbon brush ( 6 ) against a first guide side of the carbon brush guide ( 38 ) with a holding pressure force (HF), the holding spring ( 10 ) having two portions ( 12 , 21 ) preloaded against one another, with portions of the carbon holder ( 4 ) and portions of the carbon brush ( 6 ) being arranged between the two portions ( 12 , 21 ) of the holding spring ( 10 ), wherein the holding spring ( 10 ) is formed as a U-shaped leaf spring engageable around the carbon holder ( 4 ), wherein the holding spring ( 10 ) has first ( 14 ) and second ( 20 ) legs, and wherein the brush holder ( 2 ) further comprises securing means ( 16 ) provided at the first leg ( 14 ) of the holding spring ( 10 ) for securing the holding spring ( 10 ) to the carbon holder ( 4 ), and application means ( 22 ) which can contact the carbon brush ( 6 ) through a recess ( 26 ) in the carbon holder ( 4 ) and provided at a second leg ( 20 ), and wherein the securing means ( 16 ) is formed by a snap-in tab which can snap into a correspondingly shaped receptacle in the carbon holder ( 4 ).