Patent ID: 7893592

Claim:
An electric motor ( 10 ), in particular for actuating moving parts in a motor vehicle, having a commutator ( 40 ) that is situated on an armature ( 38 ) and is electrically contacted by means of hammer brushes ( 12 ); wherein the armature ( 38 ) is enclosed by a lower housing part ( 32 ) and an upper housing part ( 34 ) that have the capacity to be assembled in the radial direction ( 50 ) in relation to the armature ( 38 ), wherein the hammer brushes ( 12 ) each have a fastening element ( 26 ) that engages directly in a recess ( 30 ) of the lower or upper housing part ( 32 , 34 ) and an insertion contact ( 16 ) that engages in a corresponding hole ( 22 ) in a printed circuit board ( 24 ), wherein plug connector pins ( 58 ) are situated in the lower housing part ( 32 ), and wherein during installation of the printed circuit board ( 24 ), particularly as it is being slid onto centering pins ( 64 ), the plug connector pins are slid together with the insertion contacts ( 16 ) of the hammer brushes ( 12 ) into the printed circuit board ( 24 ).