Patent ID: 7928628

Claim:
An electric motor comprising: a motor main body that receives an armature in a rotatable manner; a housing that is installed to the motor main body; and at least one terminal that is installed in the housing without passing through a wall of the housing and supplies electric power, which is received from an external connector, to the armature, wherein: each of the at least one terminal includes: a terminal connection that is directly connectable with a corresponding terminal of the external connector; an extension that extends from and is bent relative to the terminal connection; a brush contact that extends from the extension on a side opposite from the terminal connection and is adapted to be electrically connected with the armature through a corresponding brush after the installation of the terminal in the housing; and a branch that projects from the terminal connection on a side opposite from the extension, wherein a projecting end side of the branch extends in an installation direction of the terminal, which is a direction for installing the terminal to the housing; and the terminal is tiltable relative to the housing about a portion of the extension, which serves as a fulcrum, to cause abutment of the branch against a wall surface of the housing when the corresponding terminal of the external connector is pulled and separated from the terminal connection, wherein the separation of the corresponding terminal of the external connector applies a force to the terminal connection in a direction opposite to the installation direction.