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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
May. 22, 2003
Takashi Okamoto, Yamanashi, JP;
Tsuyoshi Furuya, Yamanashi, JP;
Fanuc Ltd., Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
An electric motor capable of securing sufficient degree of freedom in selecting a direction of approaching and connecting electric cables to internal cables of the electric motor. A cable introducing member is in the form of a hollow rectangular prism having four side walls and a through hole formed on one of the side walls. The cable introducing member is detachably mounted on a base member fixed on a body of the electric motor by screws to have one of four orientations angularly displaced by 90° so that the through hole is positioned in conformity with the approach direction of the electric cables. The position of the through hole can be changed by detaching the cable introducing member from the base member and remounting the member to have a different orientation. A terminal rest is provided on the base for connection of the electric cables with the internal cables. The terminal rest has upper terminals to which the electric cables are connected and lower terminals to which the internal cables are connected. The terminal rest may receive the electric cables from two opposite directions in conformity with the position of the through hole. The cable introducing member may have a octagonal cross section or an annular cross section to further increase degree of freedom of orientations of the cable introducing member.