Motor apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016156243-A1
Application number	US-201314903387-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 12, 2013
Priority date	Jul 12, 2013
Publication date	Jun 2, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A motor case 21 is positioned to a gear case 31 in the diametrical direction by diametrically-positioning projection portions 72 c of a brush holder 70 by causing the motor case 21 and the gear case 31 to face each other, and an axially-positioning projection portions 72 e of the brush holder 70 are pressed from the axial direction of an armature shaft 24 by a pressing flange portion 21 i, so that the brush holder 70 is positioned to the gear case 31 in the axial direction. Therefore, the size and weight of the rear wiper motor 10 can be reduced by avoiding enlargement of the coupling portion of the motor case 21 and the gear case 31, and since it is unnecessary to interpose the brush holder 70 in the coupling portion between the motor case 21 and the gear case 31, a sufficient seal performance can be obtained.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 - 4 . (canceled)

5 . A motor apparatus provided with: a yoke in which a rotation shaft is housed; a case in which an output shaft rotated by the rotation shaft is housed; and a brush holder housed in the case, the motor apparatus comprising:
a flange portion provided to the yoke, and arranged so as to abut on the case; a first yoke inner wall and a second yoke inner wall forming the yoke; a first case inner wall and a second case inner wall forming the case; a pressing flange portion provided to a facing part of the flange portion so as to face the case, and arranged between the first yoke inner wall and the first case inner wall with the yoke abutting on the case; a diametrically-positioning projection portion provided to the brush holder so as to extend in an axial direction of the rotation shaft, facing the second yoke inner wall from a diametrical direction of the rotation shaft, and positioning the yoke with respect to the case in the diametrical direction; and an axially-positioning projection portion provided to the brush holder so as to extend in the axial direction of the rotation shaft and pressed from the axial direction of the rotation shaft by the pressing flange portion, and positioning the brush holder with respect to the case in the axial direction, wherein the brush holder has a housing direction distal end part tapered toward the case.

6 . The motor apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first yoke inner wall and the second yoke inner wall extend from an opening portion of the yoke over a bottom portion.

7 . The motor apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein four magnets are attached to the first yoke inner wall and the second yoke inner wall.

8 . The motor apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a projection portion to be crushed by the pressing flange portion is formed on a pressing-flange-portion-side part of the axially-positioning projection portion.

Assignees

• Mitsuba Corp

Inventors

• Yasumoto Kenji
• Tokizaki Teppei
• Ota Shigeki

Classifications

• H02K5/148

  Slidably supported brushes · CPC title

• H02K5/04 Primary

  Casings or enclosures characterised by the shape, form or construction thereof · CPC title

• H02K13/006

  Structural associations of commutators · CPC title

• H01R39/38

  Brush holders · CPC title

• H02K7/081

  specially adapted for worm gear drives (H02K7/09 takes precedence) · CPC title