Patent ID: 7640828
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: B60N,H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A seat drive motor comprising: a bracket; a housing that is held by the bracket and receives a rotatable member and a linearly movable member, wherein: the linearly movable member is driven linearly through the rotatable member; and one end of the housing contacts the bracket and includes a receiving recess, which is recessed in the axial direction of the rotatable member; a space member that is installed in the receiving recess of the one end of the housing and includes a support portion, which is in contact with both of the housing and the bracket at opposed axial ends thereof, respectively, to support the housing relative to the bracket in the axial direction of the rotatable member; a motor unit that drives the rotatable member; the one end of the housing has a groove, which is recessed in a peripheral wall of the receiving recess in the axial direction of the rotatable member and radially extends throuah the peripheral wall of the receiving recess; and the support portion of the space member contacts a bottom portion of the groove of the one end of the housing.