Patent ID: 7834497

Claim:
A starter comprising: a starter motor having a motor circuit configured to generate rotation power to be transmitted to an armature on receiving electric power supplied from a battery; an electromagnetic switch having a battery side contact and a motor side contact to be connected to the starter motor and a movable contact to be driven by attraction force of an electromagnet, placed close to an outside of the starter motor toward a radial direction of the starter motor, having a movable contact configured to open and close to a battery side contact and a starter motor side contact through the movable contact, an elastic member of an insulation capability fixed to a casing accommodating the starter motor; and a terminal plate made of metal positioned and fixed to the casing through a penetration hole formed in the elastic member, one end part of the terminal plate projecting toward an inside of the casing through the penetration hole being directly connected to and contacting a pig-tail of a positive electrode brush placed at a high voltage side of the armature, and an other end part of the terminal plate, acting as the motor side contact, projecting toward an outside of the casing through the penetration hole inserted into an inside of a resin cover accommodating the electromagnetic switch, and the terminal plate being positioned in the penetration hole of the elastic member along an insert direction of the terminal plate, the terminal plate being positioned in the elastic member by engaging a concave part or a convex part formed in the terminal plate with a convex part or a concave part formed in the penetration hole formed in the elastic member.