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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2020
Resmed Motor Technologies Inc., Chatsworth, CA (US);
Samuel Aziz Mebasser, Chatsworth, CA (US);
Peter Jeffrey Thomas, Sylmar, CA (US);
Roman Vinokur, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Kevin Gene McCulloh, Simi Valley, CA (US);
William S Lane, Palmdale, CA (US);
Yeu-chuan Hsia, Northridge, CA (US);
Michael David Bednar, Playa del Rey, CA (US);
John Paul Freese, Palmdale, CA (US);
Karl Yutaka Iwahashi, Granada Hills, CA (US);
David Brent Sears, Noodland Hills, CA (US);
Barton John Kenyon, Sydney, AU;
Richard G Krum, Camarillo, CA (US);
Par Egron Dannas, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Hiroshi Suzuki, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Malcolm Edward Leader, Durango, CO (US);
ResMed Motor Technologies Inc., Chatsworth, CA (US);
Abstract
A blower includes a housing including an inlet and an outlet, a bearing-housing structure provided to the housing and adapted to rotatably support a rotor, a motor provided to the bearing-housing structure and adapted to drive the rotor, and an impeller provided to the rotor. The bearing-housing structure includes a bearing shaft having a bearing surface that rotatably supports the rotor. The bearing shaft provides only a single bearing of the non-ball bearing type for the rotor.