Electrical generator or motor structure – Dynamoelectric – Rotary
Patent
1997-09-08
1999-10-26
Ramirez, Nestor
Electrical generator or motor structure
Dynamoelectric
Rotary
310249, 310 43, H02K 1300
Patent
active
059734337
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a brush support plate as claimed in claim 1. International publication No. WO 94/107 328, for example, discloses a brush support plate of this type. The plate is additionally used to partly accommodate a bearing for the armature shaft of the motor. The plate abuts flatly on the flange side of a pump housing. It is not shown in this publication how the brushes on the brush support plate are involved in the current supply.
The present invention proposes in this respect the inclusion of conductor paths in the support plate, to which the strands of the brushes can be welded.
The conductor paths are almost completely embedded in the material of the brush support plate. Only small recesses in the material are provided and extend up to the conductor paths so that at these openings the strands of the brushes may e.g. be welded to the conductor paths.
The advantage of the almost complete embedding of the conductor paths in the support plate is that the conductor paths may be aligned at will with respect to the casings for the brushes because there is no electrically conductive contact.
Further embodiments of the present invention are described in the subclaims .
The invention described in the above will be explained by way of an embodiment which is shown in two Figures.
FIG. 1 is a top view of a brush support plate.
FIG. 2 is a cross-section taken along the line II--II.
Mounted on the top side of the brush support plate 1 are a plurality of casings 2, 3, 4, 5, two of them being connected in parallel in each case. The bottom side of the brush support plate 1 includes a circular indentation 8, into which a bearing can be inserted with part of its length. International publication No. WO 94/10738 is referred to in this respect. Extending concentrically around the central indentation 8 is a groove 7 having roughly the same depth as the central indentation 8.
Two conductor paths 10, 11 are arranged in the brush support plate.
During manufacture of the brush support plate, the conductor paths are injection-molded in the plastic material, of which the plate is made. This means that the conductor paths 10, 11 are electrically insulated, especially with respect to the casings 2, 3, 4, 5 which are mounted on the top side of the brush support plate 1.
Brushes are guided in the casings and are connected to the conductor paths in an electrically conductive manner by way of strands. This condition is described exemplarily for one of the casings.
To provide a contact between the strand 20 of brush 21 in casing 2 and the conductor path 10, the brush support plate includes a recess 30 (respectively 31, 32, 33 for the other strands) which extends up to the conductor path 10 (or 11). Thus, the conductor paths are open at points and may be soldered or welded, for example, to the strands at these points. To facilitate the attachment, recesses are provided not only on the top side of the brush support plate but also on the bottom side thereof. The recesses are opposite to one another. This permits, for example, having welding electrodes extend up to the conductor path.
The casings are folded from a sheet metal, and lateral fastening lugs 60 are provided, each including a fastening hole.
The fastening lugs 60 extend in parallel to the conductor plate 1.
Attachment paths 70 are provided on the conductor paths 10, 11 for each casing 2. Vertically projecting tongues 71 are provided on the attachment paths (shown as an example for casing 5 in dash-dotted lines).
The size of the tongues is so that they protrude from the top surface of the conductor plate. The tongues are positioned so as to align with holes 61 and 62, thereby ensuring that the casings can reliably be retained on the brush support plate by deflecting the tongues which project from the holes 60, 61. The attachment paths 70 are connected to the conductor paths 10, 11 through disconnecting points 80, 81, 82, 83.
The disconnecting points 80, 81, 82, 83 are separated either before or after the injection molding process for manufacturing the brush su
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Heuberger Christof
Kiehnle J Gunter
Walther Bernd
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.
Lam Thanh
Lewis J. Gordon
Ramirez Nestor
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