Patent ID: 7608971

Claim:
An electric motor for activating functional equipment in a vehicle, the electric motor comprising: a rotor shaft carrying a commutator cooperating with at least two conductive brushes; a printed circuit card; and at least two brush supports that each house one of the at least two conductive brushes and are fixed to the printed circuit card, wherein each of the at least two brush supports forms a casing for the one of the at least two conductive brushes, wherein each of the casings includes a first segment having an opening which receives the one of the at least two conductive brushes, a second segment inclined relative to the first segment and a third segment inclined relative to the second segment, and wherein the third segment of each of the casings includes at least one first tab that bears against the printed circuit card without passing through the printed circuit card, wherein the printed circuit card defines a plane, and the first segment, the second segment, the third segment, and the at least one first tab are located on a common side of the plane.