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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:
Jun. 15, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1991
Norman R Long, Tipp City, OH (US);
James L King, Sheboygan, WI (US);
A. O. Smith Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electric motor comprising a main frame having an en and an interior, a stator supported within the main frame, an end frame supported within the main frame and spaced from the end of the main frame so as to divide the interior of the main frame into a motor compartment containing the stator and an equipment compartment between the end frame and the end of the main frame, a bearing supported by the end frame, a rotor shaft rotatably supported by the bearing, a rotor located radially inwardly of the stator and mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith, a modularized apparatus platform which is located within the equipment compartment, and which includes a generally cup-shaped portion that opens in the direction away from the end frame and that has an inner surface defining a control chamber, an electrical component supported by the platform and located within the control chamber, and a cap which is fixed to the apparatus platform and which closes the control chamber.