Electric motor for actuating a functional unit of a vehicle
AssigneeMeritor Light Vehicle Systems-France
InventorsJean Pierre Lekeux, François Breynaert
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Abstract
A motor including a motor unit (2) has at least one plastics material portion (4). A two-part casing (5) receives at least one electronic circuit card. The casing is formed of two complementary portions (5a, 5b) joining on a plane (P) passing through a diagonal plane of the casing and provided with means (7) to receive the circuit card and complementary fixing means (9, 10, 11). One portion (5a) of the casing is in one piece with the plastics material (4) of the motor unit and the other portion (5b) includes an envelope (8) for a connector for connecting the motor to the remainder of the circuits of the vehicle.
Claims17
An electric motor for actuating at least one functional unit of a motor vehicle, of the type including a motor unit comprising:
- at least one plastics material portion;
- a two part casing for receiving at least one electronic circuit card having a connection portion, the casing being formed of two complementary portions and having means to receive said card and complementary means to secure said complementary portions together;
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- one of said portions of the casing being integrally formed with the plastics material portion of the motor unit and the other said portion including an envelope, the connection portion of the circuit card being adapted to project into the envelope for connecting the motor to selected circuits of the vehicle.
An electric motor device for use in a vehicle to power at least one functional unit supported on the vehicle, comprising:
- a motor housing having at least one portion made from a plastic material having a connecting interface;
- a casing portion made from a plastic material having first and second side walls that are generally parallel to each other and a third side wall that extends between said first and second side walls, said first and second sides walls each including one edge that abuttingly engages said connecting interface, said first and second side walls being at an angle relative to a plane defined by said third side wall, said casing portion having a circuit board support structure for supporting a circuit board within said casing portion that includes at least one slot for receiving one edge of a circuit board;
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- connectors for selectively connecting said casing portion to the plastic material portion of said motor housing.
An electric motor device for use in a vehicle to power at least one functional unit supported on the vehicle, comprising:
- a motor housing having a least one portion with a connecting interface;
- a casing portion having first and second sidewalls that are generally parallel to each other and a third sidewall that extends between said first and second sidewalls, said first and second sidewalls each including one edge that engages said connecting interface, said first and second sidewalls being at an angle relative to said third sidewall, said casing portion having a circuit board support structure for supporting a circuit board within said casing portion such that the circuit is aligned generally parallel with said first and second sidewalls;
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- a connector for selectively connecting said casing portion to said at least one portion of the motor housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.