Patent ID: 6700291
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for assembling a motor, the method comprising:temporarily holding a brush in a first position where the brush is retracted away from an installation path of an armature into a brush holder and is urged against a side wall of the brush holder by an urging means in a direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the brush, which substantially coincides with a radial direction of a commutator of the armature, so that the brush is temporarily held in the first position by a static frictional force generated between the side wall of the brush holder and the brush, wherein the static frictional force is greater than an urging force of the urging means applied to the brush in the sliding direction; installing the armature, which includes the commutator, in a predetermined position within a housing of the motor along the installation pass of the armature while the brush is temporarily held in the first position; and releasing the brush held in the first position by applying an external force to the brush in the sliding direction to overcome the static frictional force, so that the brush is slid to a second position, in which the brush is urged against the commutator in the sliding direction, by an urging force of the urging means that is greater than a frictional force between the side wall of the brush holder and the brush.