Patent ID: 7898142

Claim:
An electric motor with brush having a commutator and a plurality of brushes brought in slide contact with the commutator, the electric motor with brush comprising: a motor case formed into a bottomed cylindrical shape whose one end has an opening and in an inner face of which a magnetic field portion is provided; a brush holder mounted inside the motor case and holding the plurality of brushes; an armature shaft rotatably supported by the motor case and fixing the commutator; a plurality of armature coils each connected to the commutator and rotating along with the armature shaft; an end case attached to an opening end of the motor case and blocking the opening of the motor case; a connector unit mounted in the end case including a pinching part disposed so as to overlap with the brush holder axially and sandwiched and fixed between the motor case and the end case, and a power-supply connector part integrally formed with the pinching part and disposed outside the motor case; a plurality of brush-side connection terminals provided in the brush holder and electrically connected respectively to the corresponding brushes; and a plurality of connector-side connection terminals provided in the connector unit, electrically connected respectively to power connection terminals provided to the connector part, and electrically connected to the corresponding brush-side connection terminals when the pinching part is disposed so as to overlap with the brush holder axially.