Patent ID: 7254880

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an electromechanical drive device for adjusting mechanisms in motor vehicles, wherein a gear is mounted in a gear housing and an electric motor is connected mechanically to the gear, comprising: positioning a control device for controlling the electric motor and at the same time positioning contact elements fixedly connected to the control device relative to one or more openings of a contact collar in order to make up a connecting element of a junction on a side of the drive device; positioning the control device in the gear housing by inserting the control device through an insert opening into a housing of the gear housing, said housing being integrally connected to the gear housing; inserting the contact collar at least in part into the insert opening, thereby inserting the contact elements in the contact collar; and fixing the contact collar to the insert opening of the housing, thereby enclosing the control device in said housing of the gear housing, wherein the fixing includes connecting the contact collar to the gear housing using material bonding or a keyed engagement.