Patent ID: 8138644

Claim:
A motor comprising: a stator portion including an armature having a substantially cylindrical shape; a rotor portion arranged at an inner side of the armature; a bearing mechanism arranged to support the rotor portion in a rotatable manner substantially coaxially about a central axis with respect to the stator portion; and an annular terminal block having a substantially annular shape arranged at one axial end of the armature, the annular terminal block arranged to guide a bus wire extending from the armature and to connect the bus wire to an external power source; wherein the annular terminal block includes: a bus wire guiding portion having a substantially annular shape arranged along the armature, and including a guiding configuration in which a plurality of bus wires of a common phase are guided via a common passage having a substantially arcuate shape; and a connection terminal portion arranged to connect the plurality of bus wires of a common phase extending from the bus wire guiding portion with the external power source.