Patent ID: 6388355
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: B62D,H02K

Abstract:
A vehicle comprising:an electric power steering assembly for assisting a steering force of an automotive steering wheel; and a motor for providing electric power to the steering assembly, wherein said motor comprises: a yoke; a multi-polar magnetic field portion composed of at least four poles secured to an inner wall of said yoke; a shaft disposed within said yoke so as to be able to rotate freely; an armature secured to said shaft having a winding constructed by lap winding a wiring into an even number of slots formed on an outer circumferential surface of a core so as to extend in an axial direction thereof; a commutator comprising a plurality of segments secured to an end portion of said shaft; a plurality of brushes contacting a surface of said commutator; and a plurality of equalizing members for preventing circulating currents from flowing through said brushes due to differences in induced electromotive forces arising between circuits within circuits of said armature.