An electric machine having a field coil and a rotatable armature coil. A rotatable commutator is conductively coupled with the armature coil and has a plurality of contacts. A plurality of brushes are conductively engageable with the plurality of contacts wherein rotation of commutator about the rotational axis causes the plurality of contacts to sequentially engage the plurality of brushes as the plurality of contacts rotate about the rotational axis. The plurality of brushes includes at least one positive brush and at least one negative brush, the at least one positive brush being a multi-layer brush and the negative brush being a single layer block brush. The multi-layer brush may include a high-copper layer and a low-copper layer with the low-copper layer forming the trailing edge of the brush. The single layer brush may have a copper content greater than the high-copper layer of the multi-layer brush.

A driving device includes a motor and a control unit for controlling of the motor. The motor includes a motor body and an end cap assembly disposed at one end of the motor body. The motor body comprises a stator, a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, and a motor shaft fixed to and rotated with the rotor. The end cap assembly is provided with two brushes. The control unit includes two connectors for connecting with an external power source. The two brushes are respectively electrically connected to the connectors through the control unit. Lengths of connecting routes of the two brushes to the corresponding connectors are substantially equal to each other.

An electric motor, an end cap thereof and a manufacturing method of the end cap are provided. The end cap includes an insulating body and a filter circuit board mounted to the insulating body. The filter circuit board includes at least two power conductors for receiving an external power source, an insulating support frame integral with the at least two power conductors, and at least one filter element. One end of the at least one filter element is connected to a corresponding power conductor, and the other end of the at least one filter element is grounded.

Example brush holder assemblies of an electric machine are disclosed. An example brush holder assembly of an electric machine includes a carbon brush including an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. The brush holder assembly also includes one or more lead wires extending out of the carbon brush at an insertion point on the upper surface and a first cavity extending into the carbon brush from the upper surface at a location spaced away from the insertion point of the one or more lead wires and unobstructed by the one or more lead wires.

A drive mechanism including a brushed motor comprises a brushed motor including a commutator having a plurality of commutator segments and a brush contactable to the plurality of commutator segments, a movable member driven by the brushed motor, and a stopper member configured to stop rotation of the brushed motor by contacting the movable member. In a state in which the movable member contacts the stopper member to thereby stop the rotation of the brushed motor, the brush contacts only one of two adjacent commutator segments of the plurality of commutator segments.

A motor includes a bottomed cylindrical housing incorporating a rotor that rotate integrally with a shaft and a stator, and an end bell having an end plate that closes an opening of the housing and a holder that is provided between the rotor and the end plate in an axial direction and to which an electrical element is attached. The end plate has an air hole penetrating the end plate in the axial direction. The holder includes an attachment portion to which the electrical element is attached, and has an insertion hole through which the shaft is inserted. At least part, of the attachment portion, overlapping the air hole when viewed in the axial direction has a cutout portion.

Example brush holder assemblies of an electric machine are disclosed. An example brush holder assembly of an electric machine includes a carbon brush including an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. The brush holder assembly also includes one or more lead wires extending out of the carbon brush at an insertion point on the upper surface and a first cavity extending into the carbon brush from the upper surface at a location spaced away from the insertion point of the one or more lead wires and unobstructed by the one or more lead wires.

An electric motor for a blower and the like has a commutator and a brush assembly for making electrical contact with the commutator. The brush assembly includes a brush holder and a brush slidably mounted to the brush holder. The brush holder includes a brush holder plate and a side portion extending from the brush holder plate. The brush is arc-shaped and includes a first surface contacting the brush holder plate and a second surface contacting the side portion of the brush holder. The side portion of the brush holder has a number of ribs contacting the second surface of the brush.

Example brush holder assemblies of an electric machine are disclosed. An example brush holder assembly of an electric machine includes a carbon brush including an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. The brush holder assembly also includes one or more lead wires extending out of the carbon brush at an insertion point on the upper surface and a first cavity extending into the carbon brush from the upper surface at a location spaced away from the insertion point of the one or more lead wires and unobstructed by the one or more lead wires.

The invention relates to an assembly for an electric motor, comprising a motor support (2), a brush (5) and a device for moving (7, 10) the brush (5), the device comprising an arm (7) rigidly connected to the brush (5) and a pivot connector (10) between the support (2) and the arm (7), characterised in that the pivot connector (10) is made from an elastomeric material so as to exert a restoring force on the arm (7).