ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,074, issued on March 24, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Grounding brush assembly" was invented by Benoit Arnault (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France), Emmanuel Benevise (Monts, France), Thomas Perrotin (Saint Roch, France) and Bruno Constant (Tours, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grounding brush assembly includes a grounding brush and a brush mounting plate, the brush being provided with a plurality of conductive fibers and a support in which the conductive fibers are housed. The mounting plate is secured to the support and includes a radial portion extending radially outwardly with respect to the support ...