Flat motor of reduced length

A flat D.C. electric motor having a reduced length from front to rear comprising in combination:

• a stationary housing having front and rear housing assemblies and including end caps;
• a rotating shaft disposed in said stationary housing on a central axis of said motor at least part of which shaft protrudes through the front housing assembly of said stationary housing;
• a stator assembly located in said stationary housing;
• an armature assembly having planar windings located in said stationary housing;
• means for mounting the stator and armature assemblies in said stationary housing and for rotating said armature assembly in a planar path past said stator assembly located in said stationary housing;
• said stator assembly including a magnetic circuit assembly directing a magnetic field to said planar windings of said armature assembly in a direction normal to a plane of said armature assembly;
• commutation means, including a brush assembly, located in said stationary housing in a vicinity of said armature assembly and on a same side thereof as that portion of said rotating shaft protrudes through said stationary housing for electrically energizing said planar windings of said armature assembly to impart a rotary motion thereto past said stator assembly;
• and wire means connected to said brush assembly and exiting said stationary housing at a point radially distant from said central axis of said motor and beyond an extent of said armature assembly and which pas through an interior of said stationary housing between the front housing assembly and the rear housing assembly, whereby disposition of said commutation means including said brush assembly of said motor on the same side of said stationary housing as the portion of said shaft protruding therefrom results in said motor of reduced length from front to rear and which is adaptable to being disposed in a limited space configuration.