On-vehicle brushless motor device and method of manufacturing the same

1. An on-vehicle brushless motor device, comprising:

a brushless motor including a rotor and a stator which includes a plurality of coils arranged around the rotor;

an electronic substrate arranged on a side opposite to an output side of the brushless motor along a plane intersecting an axial direction of the rotor;

a soldering portion which connects a coil wire of the coil and the electronic substrate; and

a holder unit including (i) a connector terminal for connecting the electronic substrate and an external device and (ii) a holder disposed between the electronic substrate and the brushless motor to support the electronic substrate, the holder being formed of resin, the connector terminal being integrally formed with the holder by insert-molding.

2. The on-vehicle brushless motor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the electronic substrate includes a through hole penetrating the electronic substrate in the axial direction, and

the holder includes a guide hole for guiding the coil wire from a brushless motor side to the through hole of the electronic substrate.

3. The on-vehicle brushless motor device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the guide hole includes a tapered passage portion formed such that a hole diameter decreases as a distance from the rotor increases in the axial direction.

4. The on-vehicle brushless motor device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the guide hole includes a substrate-side passage portion connecting an opening end of the guide hole on an electronic substrate side and the tapered passage portion, and

the substrate-side passage portion has a passage diameter that is uniform in the axial direction.

5. The on-vehicle brushless motor device according to claim 4 ,

wherein a diameter of the opening end of the guide hole on the electronic substrate side is smaller than a diameter of the through hole.

6. The on-vehicle brushless motor device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the soldering portion connects the coil wire arranged to protrude from the through hole of the electronic substrate on a side opposite to the rotor and an inner peripheral surface of the through hole.

7. The on-vehicle brushless motor device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the electronic substrate includes a metal foil terminal portion disposed adjacent to the through hole, and

the soldering portion connects the metal foil terminal portion and the coil wire passing through the through hole and disposed along the metal foil terminal portion.

8. The on-vehicle brushless motor device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the electronic substrate includes a metal foil terminal portion disposed on a surface of the electronic substrate opposite to the rotor, and a resist, which is disposed on the metal foil terminal portion, including a first opening portion through which the coil wire penetrates along the axial direction and a second opening portion provided separate from the first opening portion and causing at least a part of the metal foil terminal portion to be exposed therethrough, and

the soldering portion connects the metal foil terminal portion and the coil wire via the second opening portion.

9. A method of manufacturing an on-vehicle brushless motor device, comprising steps of:

arranging an electronic substrate on a side opposite to an output side of a brushless motor along a plane intersecting an axial direction of a rotor of the brushless motor;

arranging a holder unit between the electronic substrate and the brushless motor to support the electronic substrate, the holder unit including a holder formed of resin and a connector terminal integrally formed with the holder by insert-molding;

passing a coil wire of a coil constituting a stator of the brushless motor through a through hole of the electronic substrate;

soldering the coil wire protruding from the through hole to the electronic substrate; and

connecting the electronic substrate with an external device via the connector terminal.