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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1993
J Herbert Johnson, Tipp City, OH (US);
A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
An electric vehicle comprising a body, an axle rotatably supported by the body, a rotor supported by the body for rotation about a longitudinal axis, a gearing assembly for selectively drivingly connecting the rotor to the axle, and a stator supported by the body. The stator includes a stator core which has a longitudinal opening housing the rotor and which has an outer surface. The outer surface includes upper and lower longitudinally extending recesses oppositely disposed relative to the axis. The stator also includes upper and lower cleats respectively mounted in the upper and lower recesses, the cleats and the longitudinal axis defining a common vertical plane.