A system for transferring current between a rotating element and a fixed element, comprising—a support in the general shape of a sheet (10) comprising a conductive portion (11) electrically connected to the fixed element, —a brush holder (20) mounted on the support (10) and supporting a brush (30) that is pushed into contact against the rotating element, —electrical connection means (42) for connecting the conductive portion (11) of the support to a cable (40) that is joined to the brush (30), wherein a resistive element (12) is situated between the brush (30) and the conductive portion (11) of the support (10) and prevents current from flowing directly between the conductive portion and the brush.

An object of the present invention is to provide a structure capable of stably removing noise. A DC motor includes: a brush in sliding contact with a commutator; a brush holder base holding the brush; a flexible wiring connected to the brush; and a choke coil connected to the brush via the wiring, wherein the brush holder base has a clamping portion restraining the wiring to extend along a direction parallel to a direction of a magnetic flux generated in the choke coil.

An electric motor, in particular a separately excited synchronous motor, has a rotor shaft with at least one slip ring and at least one electrically conductive contact element, in particular a carbon brush, which bears against the slip ring and is accommodated in a channel-like guide formed in a housing and extending radially with respect to the rotor shaft and which carbon brush is radially tensioned against the slip ring by means of a spring element, wherein a roller is provided which is tensioned laterally against the contact element via a further spring element and via which the contact element is tensioned against a wall of the guide.

A swivel arrangement including high voltage electrical swivels concentrically arranged around a common axis, each swivel including: a first annular housing part and a second annular housing part together defining an internal annular volume; a first solid electrical conductor stationary with respect to the first annular housing part, and a second solid electrical conductor stationary with respect to the second annular housing part, wherein the first and second electrical conductors are arranged within the internal annular volume for making conductive sliding contact with each other, wherein the first annular housing part and second annular housing part are rotatable relative to each other around the common axis while the first and second electrical conductors are in sliding contact with each other; wherein the swivels are arranged concentrically around the common axis so that a plane normal to the axis intersects at least two, preferably three, of the electrical swivels.

The present disclosure describes an electrical machine. The Electrical machine includes a stator, a rotor, a winding fitted to the rotor, and an apparatus for supplying electrical energy to the winding. The apparatus includes a slip ring and a brush assembly including a brush holder and a brush. The slip ring and the brush assembly are arranged in a housing. An annular gap is disposed between the slip ring and the housing. The housing is fluidically substantially sealed in relation to an exterior, and a flow path of air is routed through the housing in a closed arrangement. The housing includes a housing part fluidically connected to the annular gap via a first flow opening and a second flow opening. A flow section of the flow path is routed through the housing part, and leads from the first flow opening to the second flow opening.

The present disclosure describes an electrical machine. The Electrical machine includes a stator, a rotor, a winding fitted to the rotor, and an apparatus for supplying electrical energy to the winding. The apparatus includes a slip ring and a brush assembly including a brush holder and a brush. The slip ring and the brush assembly are arranged in a housing. An annular gap is disposed between the slip ring and the housing. The housing is fluidically substantially sealed in relation to an exterior, and a flow path of air is routed through the housing in a closed arrangement. The housing includes a housing part fluidically connected to the annular gap via a first flow opening and a second flow opening. A flow section of the flow path is routed through the housing part, and leads from the first flow opening to the second flow opening.

A method of replacing a brush holder includes positioning a handle on the brush holder while the brush holder is connected to a support, rotating the handle relative to the brush holder in a first direction that is clockwise or counter-clockwise to connect the handle to the brush holder, removing the brush holder from the support by pulling the handle with the handle attached to the brush holder, rotating the handle relative to the brush holder in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction while pulling a trigger on the handle that moves a core in the handle upward in a cavity in the handle, and removing the handle from the brush holder.

A shunt extends from a brush received by a brush box of a brush holder. The first end of the shunt can be connected to the brush, and the second end of the shunt can connect to the brush holder. A lever connects to a back plate of the brush holder, and the lever may reversibly and selectively rotate between a first position and a second position; the lever can have a distal portion, and the second position of the lever secures a portion of the shunt between the distal portion of the lever and another component of the brush holder. The secured portion of the shunt can restrict downward movement of the brush in the brush box, while a spring pushes downward on the brush in the brush in the brush box, to thereby fixedly position the brush in the brush box.

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 carbon brush for transferring high currents having a connective piece for connecting an electric conductor and a consumable contact piece having a contact surface formed for abutting against a commutator element. The connective piece has a silver content of approximately 5% by weight to approximately 39% by weight and the contact piece has a silver content of approximately 40% by weight to 100% by weight.