The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1993
Filed:
May. 13, 1991
Gerald N Baker, Florissant, MO (US);
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A household appliance (D) has a housing (H). A fan (A) located inside the housing circulates air through the appliance. The fan is attached to a motor (M) located outside the housing. The motor has a shaft (S) extending through an opening (O) in a sidewall (W) of the housing and the fan is connected to the inner end of the shaft. A hub ring (9) is used for mounting the motor to the housing and includes a flange (13) having tabs (17) which engage a hub U of the motor to interlock the motor/fan assembly with the hub ring. The housing has a projection (3) on the outside of the housing through which the shaft extends and the hub ring has a sleeve 11 received in the projection to align and support the motor/fan assembly.