Patent ID: 6040646
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: H01R,H02K

Abstract:
An electric motor having an axis, said electric motor comprising:a housing;a stator fixed relative to said housing;a shaft rotatable about the axis;a rotor supported by said shaft for rotation therewith relative to said stator;a support structure which is fixed relative to said housing and which has at least one electrical contact;a plug which has at least one electrical contact engageable with said support structure electrical contact such that said plug is electrically connectable to said support structure in at least first and second positions in which at least one plug electrical contact engages at least one support structure electrical contact, said support structure and said plug engaging each other independently of said electrical contacts such that said plug is positionable only in a number of predetermined acceptable positions, including said first and second positions, and such that said plug is not positionable in an unacceptable position in which one plug electrical contact would engage one support structure electrical contact and in which said plug would be positionable except for said engagement of said plug and said support structure independently of said electrical contacts; andwherein one of said support structure and said plug includes two projections, and wherein the other of said support structure and said plug includes a recess, such that when said plug is electrically connected to said support structure in said first position, one of said projections mates with said recess, and such that when said plug is electrically connected to said support structure in said second position, said other of said projections mates with said recess.