Brush holder

A brush holder (10) includes terminals (20a, 20b) and a holder body (11), wherein each terminal (20a, 20b) includes a pair of connecting terminals (22a, 23 a, or 22b, 23b) provided to sandwich a cut-off portion (28a, 28b) in which the conducting path is cut to mount an electrical component (L1, L2, T1, T2) for connecting the component (L1, L2, T1, T2) in series with the conducting path, and a shorting path forming portion (24a, 24b) connecting the connecting terminal (22a, 23a) provided at the direct current source (V M ) side with the brush (5a, 5b) to short the cut-off portion (28a, 28b), wherein the holder body (11) has an opening (12a, 12b), from which the shorting path forming portion (24a, 24b) are exposed, for cutting the shorting path forming portion (24a, 24b) with the terminals (20a, 20b) held by the holder body (11).