Patent ID: 6974351

Claim:
An electric motor-and-gear assembly for driving automotive power accessories such as front and rear wipers, power window units, or the like, said assembly having a transmission casing ( 10 ) closed by means of a casing cover ( 12 ), and having a socket ( 13 ) that is disposed in the casing cover ( 12 ) and adapted to be contacted by means of a connector plug in order to connect the electric motor to the electrical system of the vehicle, and an interchangeable adapter ( 15 ; 15 ′; 15 ″) attached to said socket ( 13 ), said adapter having a first group ( 16 ) of electrical contacts adapted to the socket ( 13 ) and a second group ( 17 ) of electrical contacts adapted to the connector plug, said contacts of the two contact groups ( 16 , 17 ) being connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner inside the adapter ( 15 ; 15 ′; 15 ″), wherein the contacts of the two contact groups ( 16 , 17 ) of the adapter ( 15 ; 15 ′, 15 ″) are comprised of plug tabs ( 18 , 19 ) of which the one group of plug tabs ( 18 ) are embodied so that they can be slid in a positively engaging fashion into the socket ( 13 ) and the other plug tabs ( 19 ) are embodied so that they can be slid in a positively engaging fashion into plug sleeves of a connector plug, and wherein the electrical connection between the plug tabs ( 18 , 19 ) is produced by means of strips or struts ( 21 ) disposed in the adapter body ( 20 ; 20 ′) whose ends have the plug tabs ( 18 , 19 ) formed onto them and of one piece with them, wherein the adapter ( 15 ; 15 ′) has an adapter body ( 20 ; 20 ′) a first end ( 201 ) with a recess ( 22 ) formed therein in which the plug tabs ( 19 ) of one contact group ( 17 ) are disposed and can be accessed and that the plug tabs ( 18 ) of the other contact group ( 16 ) are at right angles to the direction of the plug tabs ( 19 ) of the one contact group ( 17 ).