Patent attributes
The electromagnetic switch for use in a starter includes a B-terminal bolt fixed to a mold cover thereof so as to protrude outside from the mold cover, a first bush fitted to the B-terminal bolt and detachably fixed to the mold cover, and a terminal electrically connected to the B-terminal bolt and led out in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the B-terminal bolt. The B-terminal bolt is applied with a current from an external battery through the terminal. The first bush is positioned with respect to the mold cover in a circumferential direction of the B-terminal bolt. A lead-out angle of the terminal is selectable from among a plurality of predetermined angular positions, and the terminal is held in a second bush detachably fitted to an outer periphery of the first bush so as to be locked immovable with respect to the first bush.