Temperature sensor holder and temperature sensor mounting method

A temperature sensor mounting method for mounting a temperature sensor

• using a temperature sensor holder for mounting the temperature sensor that measures a temperature of a measured portion to an object having the measured portion, and including a sensor holding portion that holds the temperature sensor, a holder engagement portion that is to be engaged with the object, and an arm having a curved portion connecting the sensor holding portion and the holder engagement portion,
• to a motor including a stator that includes a stator coil wound around a stator core via an insulator and a rotor that holds a magnet and that is supported within the stator together with a rotary drive shaft in a rotatable manner, the stator being formed in an annular shape by arranging a plurality of the stator coils in a circumferential direction, the temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the stator coil,
• the temperature sensor mounting method comprising:
• engaging the holder engagement portion with the insulator by an elastic force of the curved portion of the arm of the temperature sensor holder, and at the same time, bringing the temperature sensor into pressure contact with the stator coil by the sensor holding portion to mount the temperature sensor holder to the insulator,
• wherein the insulator has a flange formed along the stator coil at an opening end of a cylindrical portion on a radially outer side of the stator, the cylindrical portion being located between the stator core and the stator coil, and
• wherein the temperature sensor holder is mounted on the flange from a radially outer side of the stator with the holder engagement portion being engaged with an end of the flange.