US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on Sept. 8 for "Grounding brush assembly" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,071, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Grounding brush assembly" was invented by Anthony Simonin (Tours, France), Emmanuel Benevise (Monts, France) and Thomas Perrotin (Saint Roch, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grounding brush assembly includes a brush and a mounting plate, the brush including a support and conductive fibers disposed within the support. The support includes a mounting portion, first and second lateral rims extending from the mounting portion and axially gripping the fibers, and at least one retention portion extending the first lateral rim. The retention portion incl...