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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1982
Bobby E McMillen, Columbus, MS (US);
AMBAC Industries, Incorporated, Columbus, MS (US);
Abstract
A plurality of motors are arranged in a side-by-side array employing at least one common end cap or closure for the housings of the individual motors which are formed as to securely interfit with the respective housings and provide a base or reference frame member relative to which they are all supported. There may be a common end plate of this type at both ends of the array. The end plate also serves to provide bearing support for the shafts of the armatures and to provide support for gear coupling to a torque/speed conversion coupling member. Preferably, the end cap also provides support and a closure for gear means employed as well. The motors employed are advantageously of a type having flat generally parallel sides the dimension across whose sides is significantly smaller than the diameter of the housing containing the magnetic pole pieces. Such a configuration permits increased compactness if the flat sides are placed face to face in the array. Alternatively, it provides substantially greater thinness to the array packet if the flat sides are arranged in parallel coplanar configuration enabling use of higher powered motors in confined space such as under automobile seats.