ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,058, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Grounding brush assembly" was invented by Benoit Arnault (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France) and Emmanuel Benevise (Monts, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grounding brush assembly includes a grounding brush having a plurality of conductive fibers and a support including a mounting portion housing the conductive fibers and first and second lateral flanges extending from the mounting portion and fitting axially around the conductive fibers. A mounting plate is integral with the support and is provided with at least one radial portion extending radially ou...