Patent ID: 7567001

Claim:
A compact fan motor comprising: a motor body having a rotor with a commutator fixed to a shaft, a stator surrounding the rotor, a pair of brushes slidingly contacting with the commutator, a tubular case for accommodating the rotor, the stator, and the brushes, and a pair of spring terminals connected to the brushes, sticking out from a peripheral wall of the tubular case, and having elasticity in a direction perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the shaft; an impeller fixed to the shaft that sticks out from a front end of the tubular case; a holder having a case accommodating portion that is provided in a housing accommodating the motor body and the impeller and has an inner wall surface extending in the direction of the axis of rotation of the shaft, and a motor body insertion opening provided at an edge of the case accommodating portion; and a pair of conductors provided on the inner wall surface of the holder and contacts with the spring terminals.