Patent ID: 6936942

Claim:
A motor for an electric power steering apparatus comprising: a bottomed cylindrical frame; a bracket disposed at an opening portion of said frame; a rotor having a shaft rotatably disposed on a central axis of said frame; a stator fixedly attached to said frame around an outer periphery of said rotor and having a stator winding wound thereon; stator-side terminals disposed between said stator and said bracket and each having a connection portion extending toward said bracket, said stator-side terminals being connected with said stator winding; a connector base including connection terminals connected with tip ends of said connection portions, a base portion with said connection terminals being disposed on a surface thereof, and female threaded portions mounted on said base portion; leads having, at their one end, lead-side terminals, respectively, which are placed in contact with said connection terminals for introducing electric current from outside to said stator winding; and male threaded members threaded on said female threaded portions, respectively, for coupling said connection terminals and said lead-side terminals with each other.