Patent ID: 9608494
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H01R,H02K

Claim:
1. A rotating electrical machine comprising: a housing whose one end opens; a brush holder attached on the housing so as to close an opening of the housing; a rotor shaft attached so as to be rotatable relative to the housing and the brush holder; a commutator provided on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor shaft; a pair of brushes attached on the brush holder while allowing the brushes to slidably contact the commutator; and a pair of terminal structures, each of the terminal structures including one end portion mounted and fixed on the brush holder and another end portion connected to the corresponding brush with a pigtail, the pair of terminals supplying electricity to the brushes when an electric current is input thereto, wherein each of the terminal structures is formed as a one piece structure so that the one end portion and the other end portion are continuously connected with each other, wherein the brush holder is formed with wherein the one end portion of each of the terminal structures comprises a first fixing hole and the other end portion of each of the terminal structure comprises a second fixing hole, wherein each of the pair of first fixing pillars is inserted into the corresponding first fixing hole and each of the pair of second fixing pillars is inserted into the corresponding second fixing hole, and wherein the one end portion of each of the terminal structures is fixed to the first fixing pillar by thermal caulking and the other end portion of each of the terminal structures is fixed to the second fixing pillar by thermal caulking so as to fix the terminal structure to the brush holder.