Patent ID: 7851955
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
1. A coil connecting structure for supplying an electric power to coils of an electric motor, comprising: a power input member to which the electric power is inputted; and a set of conductors each having one end connected to said power input member and the other end connected to one of lead terminals of the coils, said other end being formed into a terminal-shaped portion into which one of the lead terminals of the coils is fitted to be temporarily retained, wherein the lead terminals of the coils temporarily retained are fixed respectively to the terminal-shaped portions by conductive caulking and wherein the conductor is assembled in the electric motor such that the terminal-shaped portion extends at a slant within a space defined by a housing vertical wall and a horizontal surface of end faces of the coils of the electric motor, not parallel with the vertical wall or the horizontal surface.