Patent ID: 9742247
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H02K

Claim:
1. An electric motor for driving a motor vehicle component, the electric motor comprising: a motor housing; a rotor with a commutator and at least one brush resting against and contacting said commutator; a fuse module forming a thermal fuse of the electric motor, said thermal fuse having a contact spring formed of two contact arms each with a fixing end and a spring end, wherein each said fixing end is contacted with separate current path portions, between which an interruption point is formed, and said spring ends are contacted with one another via a soldered connection under spring bias to bridge the current path portions at the interruption point; said fuse module having a plastic support, in which said current path portions are partially embedded and said contact spring lies in a window opening formed in said plastic support and wherein terminal ends of said current path portions protrude from said plastic support.