Patent ID: 6989616

Claim:
A motor comprising: a motor body; a drive control circuit which controls power to be supplied to said motor body; and a circuit-container unit attached to said motor body; wherein said circuit-container unit includes a plate-like base part spaced apart from said motor body so that a space is formed between said motor body and said plate-like base part; wherein said motor body and said plate-like base part are arranged such that a distance between said plate-like base part and a center portion of said motor body is smaller than distances between said plate-like base part and side portions of said motor body, such that said space formed between said plate-like base part and said motor body increases from said center portion of said motor body outwardly toward said side portions of said motor body; wherein said circuit-container unit includes a plurality of discrete component-container portions projecting in said space formed between said motor body and said plate-like base part from said plate-like base part toward said motor body; wherein said component-container portions are shaped and arranged so as to have varying lengths in a direction from said plate-like base part toward said motor body; wherein said drive control circuit comprises plural electric components disposed in said component-container portions, respectively; and wherein said plural electric components respectively include terminals provided on said plate-like base part so that the terminals are aligned at substantially equal heights, and said electric components have varying heights so that said electric components respectively extend from said plate-like base part toward said motor body to varying distances away from said plate-like base part.