Patent ID: 7345389

Claim:
A motor comprising: a cylindrical casing having an opening at one end, a permanent magnet being fixed to an the inner peripheral surface of the casing; a holder for covering the opening of the casing; a rotation shaft rotatably supported by the casing and the holder; an armature and a commutator coupled to the rotation shaft; a brush in sliding contact with the commutator; an input terminal connected to the brush; and a plate-shaped positive temperature coefficient thermistor for controlling an electrical current flowing in a winding of the armature; wherein the holder accommodates the input terminal and the positive temperature coefficient thermistor and the positive temperature coefficient thermistor is accommodated in a container section formed in the holder in the vicinity of a periphery of an inner wall of the holder opposed to an inside of the casing and wherein a cut out figure portion is formed on an outer wall of the holder, the cut out figure portion obliquely extends so that a container section side of the holder has a maximum length of the holder, and an axis line on the rotation shaft passes through the cut out figure portion.