Brush gear of a motor
Brush gear of a motor has a brush card with a plurality of brushes installed at one side thereof. Each brush is electrically connected with a connector. Two motor terminations provide power to the brushes via the corresponding connectors and at least one wire connects two of the connectors. Each of said two of the connectors has a hole to receive one end of the wire and at least two fingers extends from an edge of the hole inclined toward the axis of the hole, such that when the end of the wire extends through the hole, the fingers are resiliently deformed and grip the wire to prevent withdrawal of the wire from the hole.
1. Brush gear of a PMDC motor comprising:
a brush card;
a plurality of brushes installed at one side of the brush card, each brush being electrically connected with a connector;
two motor terminations for providing electrical power to the brushes via the corresponding connectors; and
at least one wire connecting two of the connectors;
wherein each of said two of the connectors has a hole to receive one end of the wire and at least two fingers extending from an edge of the hole and inclined toward the axis of the hole, such that when the end of the wire extends through the hole, the fingers are resiliently deformed and grip the wire to prevent withdrawal of the wire from the hole; and
wherein the wire has a soldered tip at each end thereof, and when the tip extends through the hole, solder is scraped off from the tip and retained between the fingers and the wire to increase the electrical contact area between the finger and the corresponding wire.
2. The brush gear of claim 1 , wherein each of said two of the connectors comprises a mounting plate in which the hole is formed, the mounting plate is attached to said one side of the brush card.
3. The brush gear of claim 1 , wherein each of the connectors comprises a first portion connected to a shunt of the corresponding brush, the motor terminations each having an end connected to the first portion of a corresponding connector, with a corresponding shunt.
4. The brush gear of claim 1 , wherein the brush card has at least one channel in an opposite side thereof and two through holes at ends of the channel, the at least one wire is disposed in the channel and the tips of the wire extend through the respective through holes before extending through the holes of the connectors.
5. The brush gear of claim 1 , wherein the at least one wire is flexible.
6. The brush gear of claim 5 , wherein the at least one wire is a multi-strand wire.
7. The brush gear of claim 5 , wherein the at least one wire is a single core wire with enamel insulation.
8. The brush gear of claim 5 , wherein the at least one wire is a copper wire.
9. The brush gear of claim 1 , wherein the brush gear comprises two pairs of brushes and two wires each connecting one pair of brushes, each of the motor terminations being connected to one pair of brushes.