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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Christopher A. Stockton, Greenville, SC (US);
Stephen Douglas Browne, Shelby, NC (US);
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A totally-enclosed fan-cooled motor, including a stator provided in a closed motor housing, a rotor provided to the stator and mounted to a rotation shaft, a pair of bearings for holding a drive side and a non-drive side of the shaft, an external fan provided on the non-drive side of the shaft and outside the motor for sending wind to the motor housing, an air deflector mounted to an endplate disposed on the drive side located on an outer side of the bearing and the endplate holding the drive side of the shaft, outside the motor and proximal the bearing for cooling the bearing holding the drive side of the shaft. The air deflector includes a plurality of faceted surfaces at obtuse angles to one another about a periphery of the air deflector to deflect wind across the endplate and the drive side bearing.