ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,593, issued on April 21, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).
"Electric machine with disconnectable brush module, the brush module, and a motor vehicle" was invented by Martin Arbesmeier (Altmannstein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine comprising a rotor having a rotor shaft and a brush module having a brush holder with at least one brush for energizing the rotor, wherein the brush module comprises a shaft journal which can be coupled reversibly mechanically to the rotor shaft of the electric machine and against which the brush lies."
The patent was filed on July 12, 2023, under Application No. 18...