Patent ID: 7456535

Claim:
A motor comprising: a cylindrical motor body comprising a hollow cylindrical stator, a front end plate, a front end face, and a rear end plate having guide bosses; a rotor being fixedly attached to a rotary shaft wherein the rotary shaft has a front end portion that sticks out of the front end face of the motor body; a thrust member which is detachably attached to the motor body utilizing the guide bosses, the thrust member formed by stamping and bending a metal sheet, the thrust member comprising: at least two arm segments attached to predetermined areas on an outer surface of the motor body; a hump segment to touch the rear end face of the rotary shaft, the hump segment being shaped such that it prohibits the rotary shaft only from axially moving in a rearward direction when the thrust member is mounted on the motor with the arm segments being attached to the predetermined areas on the outer surface of the motor body; and at least two shoulder segments to bridge the arm segments and the hump segment and to urge the hump segment toward the rotary shaft, wherein distal portions of the arm segments are inwardly bent and fitted into cutouts on the front end plate.