Brushless motor for a power tool

A power tool having a housing and an electric brushless DC (BLDC) motor housed inside the housing, the motor comprising:

• a stator having a plurality of windings;
• a rotor in rotatable interaction with the stator, the rotor comprising a rotor shaft, a rotor core rotatably mounted on the rotor shaft and housing a plurality of rotor magnets therein, at least one bearing mounted on the rotor shaft, and a sense magnet ring rotatable with the rotor core;
• an end cap radially oriented with respect to the rotor shaft and securely disposed adjacent the stator, the end cap having a first surface facing the stator, a second surface facing away from the stator, a bearing pocket centrally disposed to receive the at least one bearing of the rotor therein to support the rotor, and at least two retention features projecting from the first surface at a distance with respect to one another to form a lateral gap therebetween;
• a positional sensor board having a plurality of positional sensors mounted thereon, the positional sensor board being radially received from a peripheral side of the end cap in contact with the first surface of the end cap and within the lateral gap between the retention features of the end cap, the distance between the retention features being sized to securely receive the positional sensor board therethrough to support the positional sensor board on the first surface of the end cap and position the plurality of positional sensors in close proximity to the sense magnet ring.