Patent ID: 7122925

Claim:
An automotive dynamoelectric machine comprising: a housing; a first bearing disposed in a first axial end portion of said housing; a second bearing disposed in a second axial end portion of said housing; a shaft rotatably supported in said housing by means of said first and second bearings; a rotor comprising: a rotor core fixed to said shaft and rotatably disposed inside said housing; and a rotor coil installed in said rotor core, a stator comprising: a stator core supported in said housing so as to surround an outer periphery of said rotor; and a stator coil installed in said stator core, a contacted element fixed to an outer peripheral surface near an end portion of said shaft projecting axially outside said first bearing, said contacted element being electrically connected to said rotor coil; a brush apparatus comprising: a brush sliding in contact with said contacted element; a brush holder for accommodating said brush; and a brush connector unit for supplying a field current to said rotor coil by means of said brush and said contacted element; and a rotor position detecting apparatus comprising: a sensor rotor fixed to the end portion of said shaft projecting axially outside said first bearing; a sensor unit disposed in close proximity to said sensor rotor; and a sensor connector unit for delivering input and output signals to and from said sensor unit, wherein: an accommodating portion is formed on an end surface at a first axial end of said housing so as to surround an end portion region of said shaft, said brush holder and said sensor unit are disposed inside said accommodating portion, said brush connector unit and said sensor connector unit are disposed so as to project out of said accommodating portion, electrical connection between said brush and said brush connector unit and signal connection between said sensor unit and said sensor connector unit are performed inside said accommodating portion, and said sensor connector unit and said brush connector unit are constituted by a single connector unit, said sensor unit and said connector unit being connected by means of flexible wiring, said brush and said connector unit being connected by means of flexible wiring, and connection between said flexible wiring and said connector unit being made using a connector.