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Small-sized electric motor housing circuit breaker

US5066878A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 17, 1990
Grant dateNov 19, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 17, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K7/1166
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A small-sized electric motor is provided with a hole for inserting a circuit breaker in a holder base lying between a motor case and a gear case, and the circuit breaker is fixed to the holder base by inserting its own body in the hole of the holder base together with terminals at the state in which the terminals are in contact with electrical connective plates of the circuit breaker respectively, it is possible to fix up the circuit braker to the holder base of the motor by merely press-fitting and becomes possible to automate the assembly of the motor housing and the built-in circuit breaker.

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