A brush gear assembly for use in a motor.

摘要

A solderless electrical connection is made between a wire (W) and an electrical contact (42, 44) forming part of a brush gear assembly of an electric motor. A thin planar contact portion (56) of the electrical contact has therein an aperture (58) having a greater area than the cross-sectional area of the wire. A plurality of resilient fingers (60) are symmetrically arranged about said aperture. The distal ends of the fingers define the boundary of a wire-receiving opening in the general shape of a circle, the cross-section of the circle being less than the cross-sectional diameter (D) of the wire. When the wire penetrates the opening the fingers distort in the direction of wire penetration to prevent withdrawal of the wire.