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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
May. 03, 2021
Nidec Motor Cororation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Steven R. Palmer, Highland, IL (US);
Chetan O. Modi, Valley Park, MO (US);
Chuck Roessler, St. Louis, MO (US);
John H. Hussey, St. Louis, MO (US);
Nidec Motor Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
An electric motor includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft that is rotatable relative to the stator assembly about a rotation axis. The motor also includes an endshield, a bearing assembly rotatably supporting the rotor shaft on the endshield, a shaft ground assembly electrically coupled to the rotor shaft, and a bearing lockplate. The bearing lockplate is fixedly coupled to the endshield. The shaft ground assembly is supported by the bearing lockplate on the endshield.