Patent ID: 7514829

Claim:
A busbar unit for use with a motor including an armature that has a plurality of teeth and a plurality of coil windings respectively arranged around the teeth, the busbar unit comprising: a plurality of busbars each having a wire connector portion arranged to be connected to a conductive wire extending from a corresponding coil winding of the motor; and a busbar holder opposed to and arranged above the armature of the motor in an axial direction parallel to or substantially parallel to a center axis of the motor, the busbar holder having axially opposed top and bottom surfaces, made of an insulating material, and arranged to support at least one of the busbars on the top surface and at least one of the busbars on the bottom surface; wherein at least one of the wire connector portions is arranged on the top surface of the busbar holder and at least one of the wire connecting portions is arranged on the bottom surface of the busbar holder.